Jasmine Guinness

“I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.”

“I was very lucky growing up, and I got all my dad's and aunts' toys from the 1950s and 1960s and loved those old pedal cars.”

“I always dress scruffily, but at weekends I live in muddy Wellies.”

“When I had my kids, I took a lot of homeopathic things, and I had them both with no painkillers.”

“It's really hard work being a model.”

“I've known my best friend since I was a baby, and I don't know what I would do without her. She is always straight with me and can make me laugh hysterically. Everyone should have someone like that in their life.”

“As a teenager, I was teased at school about my height and long legs, but now they are my best assets. Kids can be mean. When I was at school, I considered myself ugly, but that was when I was silly enough to believe that what other people thought mattered. Now I think I am pretty. I'm not beautiful. There is a difference.”

“People have always assumed that I am privileged. And that has been a problem sometimes. When I first started modelling, and I was schlepping around London with no money, I found it rather irksome that people thought I had a private income when I didn't.”

“I try not to wear too much makeup, as I think there comes a point where too much makes you look older.”

“My husband is experimental, loves to cook, and is really good at it. If I do the cooking, I lose my appetite. Why is that?”

“I always dreamt that I would marry in the Piazza Del Campo in Siena and go on my honeymoon down the Amazon, up the Nile, on a gallop through the pyramids, to Nepal and Kerala, on a safari and finally to Lake Titicaca in Peru.”

“I knew nothing about my mum's family. Her parents were dead by the time she was 14. She was brought up by two aunts, and she only ever met one uncle.”

“Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.”

“I'm a total technophobe. What is wrong with paper and pen? I was delighted when I learnt the word 'Luddite,' as I thought it described me perfectly.”

“Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'”

“People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.”

“My husband says he wants to have the best hay field in Britain. I can't wait.”

“I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.”

“The government has got to do something to help independent businesses.”

“I hate my hair! When clean, it is fuzzy, and when not clean, it is lank.”