I adore clothes - they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished.
Every couple needs glue to stay together. Like all marriages, I suspect, if you're busy you don't see it coming until you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. It's a bit like going broke. It happens slowly and then very quickly.
I have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dress, what my shape is or how I speak. I've always written my own scripts. I've always been the first to point out that I need to be fit. I need to look good.
My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin.
Believe me, I've done my time travelling the world in cramped conditions and carrying my own luggage. Now my leisure is summers in the south of France or the Hamptons, walking in Connemara, and year-round shopping in Manhattan and Paris.
We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.
