What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A family holiday with all the babies and children, by the sea.
What is your greatest fear?
The serious illness of my children, my sister's children and their children.
Which living person do you most admire?
Nelson Mandela - does it need an explanation?
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Um, indecision.
What makes you depressed?
Other people's bad temper.
What is your most unappealing habit?
Interrupting people as they speak.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Nothing - I've got used to it by now.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Shoes, preferably Manolo Blahniks.
What is your favourite smell?
Fresh jasmine and Johnson's Baby Powder.
What is your favourite journey?
Toy train to Darjeeling.
What is your favourite fantasy?
To live for a very long time.
How did you vote in the last election?
Wisely, I think.
How will you vote in the next election?
In the same way.
Should the royal family be scrapped?
How rude! Definitely not.
Do you believe in capital punishment?
Of course I don't.
Do you believe in monogamy?
Sometimes.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Pass.
Which living person do you most despise?
I don't wish to be sued, so pass on that one, too.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
'Yes', when I mean maybe.
How would you like to die?
Very old and wide awake, with a glass of champagne on a beach at sunset.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
We are not in charge. Life is very short and we don't know which day our goodbye is.
