Here's Deborah's report of her right royal engagement:
I’d like to tell you all about a very special evening spent at St James’s Palace.
It was like a dream.
I bumped into Prince Harry on the stairs and we had a chat. All the time I was pinching myself – but not too hard in case I did actually wake up!
Then William joined him, said “hello” and they raced down the stairs. At this point I could have gone home, I was so contented.
I’d been given a present from Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall which I still haven't opened...
I walked into the grand hall and took a glass of champagne and took a sip from the gold rimmed glass – I still couldn’t be awake! Then Iwalked into the living room of the palace.
First, I met first Geoff off the Antiques Roadshow. What a lovely man. He never mentioned he was off TV, but gradually it dawned on me.
I looked over to see my husband walking through all these people, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley amongst them.
I eventually got over to him, he was talking to an economist - I secretly thought I should have stayed by Stephen Fry - he sounded much more fun.
All the time champagne and canapés were coming round.
Luckily, the people we were chatting to joined in the group with Stephen Fry and Joanna.
They both looked great and you could see that Stephen had lost a lot of weight.
He was so nice. My son Christopher loves his Last Chance to See programme , so we talked about the plight of the white rhino.
Stephen, ( That’s first name terms now I've stood by him longer than three seconds!) said that apparently, it only take two days to train a white rhino.
Joanna looked so attractive with a black skirt and red jumper.
She asked my husband what he was getting me for Christmas, she had him eating out the palm of her hand. I will have to get some notes on how to do it!
Joanna also asked if she could try some of my bee venom mask and mentioned about getting on the waiting list.
She gave me her number I asked her about her Gurkha charity and why she had started it.
She said her dad served as a Gurkha and she travelled with him. Joanna told me how shocking it was that these brave men don’t have an Army pension.
