Camilla

“One of my favourite plants is English lavender but it doesn't have the best reputation for growing in the Highlands.”

“You have to laugh at yourself because if you can't, you may as well give up!”

“The link between young girls, eating disorders and osteoporosis is a ticking time-bomb.”

“Sometimes you get up in the morning and think you can't do it, and you just have to. The minute you stop it's like a balloon, you run out of puff - you sort of collapse in a heap. I think you live on adrenaline.”

“You've got to laugh through most things.”

“People are either glass-half-empty or glass-half-full. I always think hopefully.”

“I was very lucky to have a father who read to us when we were children. And he didn't just read books - he brought them alive. We couldn't wait for the next chapter. So my love of reading started early and has stayed with me all my life.”

“My husband is a workaholic, so he will work wherever he is.”

“If you are a positive person, you can do so much more.”

“I will be a patron of Battersea as long as I am standing.”

“People haven't really acknowledged the issues of coercive control, which can be terrifying, it really is one person's word against another.”

“I had the privilege of hearing incredibly brave women standing up to tell their stories - harrowing stories that reduced many of us listeners to tears. But with each story, the taboo around domestic abuse weakens and the silence that surrounds it is broken, so other sufferers can know that there is hope for them and they are not alone.”

“Far too often, those living with abuse do feel there is no one to help. I have learned how vital it is to spread the word about the help that is available.”

“Anything I plant, to actually watch it grow gives me great pleasure.”

“I'd be out in my garden all day, every day if I were allowed.”

“I have so many friends who, if I ever even vaguely look like getting uppity, which touch wood I never have, they would just say, 'Look, come on, pull yourself together! Don't be so bloody grand!'”

“Sadly, there are many children who have not yet been given the chance to 'discover the magic of reading, or set foot in the worlds you can discover on bookshelves.”

“Other people's lives are so much more interesting than one's own.”

“I sometimes think to myself, 'Who is this woman? It can't possibly be me.' And that's really how you survive.”

“You can eat sensibly, exercise and stay trim. You don't have to starve yourself and risk damaging your health irrevocably. We need to make young girls aware of this. We need to drive it home.”