DAME SHIRLEY CONRAN: Why I suddenly went off sex - at the age of 89: The queen ... trends now
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Here, queen of the bonkbuster Dame Shirley Conran reveals how she suddenly went off sex - at 89.
And why she always uses a measure for her lunchtime gin and tonic.
Dame Shirley Conran regrets smoking to be 'like everyone else' during her university years
No. In 2021, I had a hip operation and since then I haven’t been able to stand for long, let alone run.
Get your five a day?Certainly not. I think five a day is marketing rubbish.
I have a boiled egg in the morning, and a proper meal at lunchtime, with a gin and tonic.
Breakfast for the Lace author is a boiled egg, with a 'proper meal' and a G&T at lunchtime
For tea I always have a fruit or two — today, a big orange — and in the evening, an open sandwich.
My favourite vegetable is spinach, hardly cooked with a spoonful of cream.
Ever dieted?I used to be a size 10 top and a 12 bottom, and 5ft 7in.
I’m now 5ft 2in.
I don’t bother with my weight because a couple of years ago I was prescribed steroids and turned into Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
The steroids are for COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
It means that sometimes I have difficulty breathing.
When I was an art student I smoked cheap Woodbines to be like everyone else.
Little did I know I was inhaling death.
Any vices?Because my father was an alcoholic, I always use a measure for my gin.
Any family ailments?My father died of sclerosis of the liver at 59.
My mother was 97 when she died after a fall.
I inherited asthma from my father, as did my