I knew every little bit of her wardrobe, every designer, every milliner, all the jewels. It was a wonderful thing to observe, spotting the changes in the clothes and drooling over some of them.
There was one particular Catherine Walker dress with beautiful embroidery work on it. The pictures never did it justice. When I went to the palace once to photograph her she had the dress on and I said to her: I've always admired it so much and I've always wanted to touch it, and she said: "Go on then". It looked stunning. But she said that sometimes sitting through the banquets in all those dresses was uncomfortable.