Lynne Franks

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This spring, rather than throwing the usual big bash, I celebrated my 75th birthday by going to Germany to have all of the blood in my body - yes, every last drop - taken out and ‘cleaned’.

Loved series Ab Fab that ran from 1992 to 2004 is marking its 30th anniversary. 1990s leading fashion PR of the day, Lynne Franks reveals that she was the inspiration for the larger-than-life character Edina Monsoon. 30 years on, Lynne says that she regrets being so ‘sniffy’ about the show and wishes that she had been able to join in with the jokes and fun

LYNNE FRANKS: It’s almost as if the more expensive a fashion piece is, the cheaper it has to look.

One theory is that anything of quality that costs less than £30 is seen by the shopper as too cheap and could give the impression of exploitative labour, says LYNNE FRANKS.

Carol Vorderman (pictured) has a brain the size of the planet. Yet despite her talents, it seems she has fallen into a common trap for a 50-something woman, writes LYNNE FRANKS.

Lynne Franks’ mother Angela, 92, has Alzheimer’s and doesn’t recognise her any more, while her father Leslie had a series of strokes aged 70 and ‘was never the same again’.

PR guru Lynne Franks - who inspired AbFab - has responded to her son’s claim she was a terrible mum.