Marie-Chantal Claire

I cook. I did the Escoffier course in Paris when I was 21 in one of those periods when it was like a pause. I can cook anything Italian, Chinese.

A lot of people judge me because I like to, you know, look good, but I grew up in fashion.

Every summer my father gave us this incredible vacation, in the Philippines, Thailand, Europe - wherever.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.