My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!

I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow.

My life and career is my own adventure.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.