As for becoming queen, it was never on the forefront of my mind when I married my husband. It was a long way off, that thought.

I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and support them and love them. In a way, by being out in public, they supported me although they weren't aware of just how much healing they were giving me. It carried me through.

I went to the top lady, the Queen, sobbing and I said, ''What do I do? I'm coming to you, what do I do?''And she said, ''I don't know what you should do, Charles is hopeless''. And that was it, that was help.

I work on instinct. It's my best adviser.

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting).

The public wanted a fairy princess to come and touch them and everything would turn to gold. Little did they realise that the individual is crucifying herself inside because she didn't think she was good enough.