The Scottish Mail on Sunday

You won’t BELIEVE what they tell me!

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I went to India to study Ayurvedic herbal medicine because I had stem cell treatment four years ago that saved my life. I’m just very grateful to still be alive!

Actor Michael York, 73 – the star of Cabaret – tells me he is winning his battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosi­s.

It’s my second time in London and I’ve got a lot of things on my to-do list. One of them is to have tea with the Queen, I think that’d be fun. Does she accept invites like that? He may be a huge star, but after chatting to Batman v Superman actor Ray Fisher at The Impossible Collection launch, I think he may need to manage his expectatio­ns...

I’m spending the whole of Easter baking a Millennium Falcon-shaped cake for John Boyega. Star Wars actress Daisy

Ridley, right, reveals to me she’s making a birthday cake for her co-star – and she’s just as handy with an oven as a light sabre.

There’s a bit of an anti-posh backlash at the moment, but the Royal Family don’t need to worry: they are unbelievab­ly and fabulously middle class. The Queen is a proper 90year-old granny and Will and Kate are very ordinary young parents.

Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen assures me – during an evening to celebrate the life of William Morris – that the Royals are just like the rest of us.

I love living in England but the one thing I struggle with is Essex girls. They look good, but I can’t understand a word they say!

Pop star will.i.am admits to me at The Voice secret gig that his linguistic skills don’t stretch as far as Essex.

I used to want to wear an outfit so brave, I’d take a breath of fear as I left the house. But I’ve given up wearing high heels. I’m getting old... it’s about comfort now!

Grayson Perry, the transgende­r artist, tells me that he’s given up the habit of a lifetime.

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