I LOVED that lively Zara Phillips appeared to give a flash of Spanx pants under her eye-catching designer dress at Royal Ascot.

The Queen’s grand-daughter is one of the most natural members of the royal family and it’s easy to identify with this fun-loving mum of one. The fact that, just like most women, she needs some flesh-gripping underwear to look good is reassuring.

Mind you, just as well that Spanx are generally hidden. I’ve always maintained that if footage of me struggling my way into them was ever posted on YouTube, no-one would ever want to have sex again.