The proposal presumably was from a young kid.
"Yes it was. I don't know old she was, 14, 15? It was very sweet of her to ask me but I had to decline, sadly."
This is quite a critical time for a student as far as exams go.
"Because it's modular up here, I've done half my degree already thank goodness, because I could be in a lot of trouble if it all came at once. I'm now doing the other half this year. I've got my dissertation to write, two exams at the end of this year, then I'll have review essays and other exams to go on at the end of May next year."
Are you worried about the new pressures you'll face when you leave?
"I am worried about it obviously, but I don't really think about it too much. There's no point worrying about things which are not really present yet. I like to take every day as it comes, have a good time and get on with it.
There are obviously areas that I am being pushed into to do, but I can be quite stubborn when I want to. It's not that I never want to do it, it's just that I'm reluctant at such a young age, I think anyway, to throw myself in to the deep end."
In previous interviews you've talked about wanting to be in control of your own choices.
"I really do want to be in control of my own life. If I don't agree with what someone's saying, or someone's pushing on me, then I won't do it. If I'm wrong and they're right and people tell me that, then obviously I'll change my mind. I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am. I hate losing control. It's very important to see what you want to do and go for it."
You mentioned the "deal" agreed with the media to let you complete your degree in peace. Will that disappear when you leave St Andrews?
"I hope the relationship will still stay, because it's been invaluable. Basically I would not have been able to have such a good time up here without all the help they've given. It's been a difficult time and I've tried to help out as much as I can with media facilities. I'm more than happy to help when the agreement's been kept - and it has been. I hope it's been as good for the media as it has been for me and a healthy and positive relationship will keep going."
Have you grown used to being in the spotlight?
"You never really grow used to it, because it's something that's very alien to most people. There are very few people you can talk to about it because no-one really knows what it's like apart from family, mostly. I wouldn't really say I've grown used to it because I'm not really the attention-seeking type. So being in the centre of the spotlight is kind of awkward but it's something I've got to do and something I can adapt to.
"I've spent 22 years being in the spotlight, you don't really know much different. I value the normality I can get, doing simple things, doing normal things more than anything, rather than getting things done for me, which I'm not a big fan of."
There was a magazine with your picture on it in a shop window nearby - does that seem odd?
"It's obviously odd. As long as I'm smiling in the photo I don't really mind."
Are you thinking about a future career?
"Again, there's a slight lack of organisation on my part for that. I really don't know what I'm going to do. I've hinted already about the possibility of the Armed Forces. It's really getting through the next few months, with my exams and work and concentrating on that that I'm focused on now. Then I'll take a bit of time off, do a bit of travelling and get some work done and then see which course I take."
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