I COULDN’T STOP GABBING TO WILLIAM!

fans are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who read her books to their children. Prince William awarded Julia her CBE for services to literature last year (pictured right) and Julia admits she was a bag of nerves there too. ‘I did get a bit silly,’ she admits. ‘I started gabbing to Prince William and I didn’t stop talking. You’re meant to just look demure and let them lead the conversation but I couldn’t shut up; I don’t even know what I was talking about!’