Lulu with her teapot at the Grosvenor House Hotel

Lulu chose tea as her favourite drink as she thinks of it as a very Scottish thing. It takes her back to her childhood when she was always making a pot of tea. Starting at breakfast she would make the first pot of tea of the day for her mother, always accompanied by toast, butter and jam. The tea was always made in a teapot and drunk from teacups, none of this mug business. In the afternoon they would sometimes have sandwiches and always chocolate biscuits. At least once a week, Lulu's mother would treat them to cream cakes.

Today, Lulu doesn't drink tea so often, and when she does, it's more than likely to be herbal. There is nothing, however, that is more civilised than tea in the afternoon, whether it be with friends at home, at the Dorchester, the Ritz or Claridges. As you can see, she tells Catherine now, I've become rather la de da.

Lulu's most memorable drink is drinking Chai in India, as she fell in love with the place. The Japanese tea ceremony has always enchanted Lulu. The movement needed to pour from the handle-less gold and silver teapot that Lulu and Catherine use now evokes this custom. The teapot has been crafted by one of Scotland's leading artist-silversmiths, and Lulu considers another major creative force in Scotland today to be J.K.Rowling, who has caught the imagination of the whole world in creating the Harry Potter stories.

Lulu has been a chart-topping singer since 1964, with a series of worldwide hits. As well as having a string of single hits, she has worked with Elton John, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Take That, Sting, Paul McCartney, Ronan Keating, the Beach Boys and soul legend Bobby Womack.

Lulu's chosen charity is
PRASAD