She travelled extensively with Princess Diana, most memorably on her last campaigning trip to Angola, when the Princess walked through a minefield. Jennie got to know the Princess well.

Her toughest assignment came when she had to cover the breaking news story of the fatal car accident and the Princess's funeral in 1997.

As we approach the Royal Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones, Jennie Bond answered your questions live on BBC News Online.

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Michael Myers, USA: Will Miss Rhys-Jones continue to work in her profession after the wedding?

BBC News Online's Joanna Ross puts your questions to Jennie Bond

Jennie Bond: She certainly says that's what she's going to do. People may know she's a public relations consultant and very successful indeed. She's got her own company and I'm told it's going very well. She's keen to continue that career and says she doesn't want children just yet. So I think we're going to see Sophie Rhys-Jones, or whatever she's called after the wedding, working.

Candida Rashmore, England: Will Sophie and Edward become a Duke and Duchess once they marry? And if not, why not?

Jennie Bond: I don't know the answer to that question at this stage and neither does anyone I've spoken to at the palace. I've just spoken to them a few minutes ago and they say we'll just have to wait and see - that will probably be Saturday morning before we know. A number of titles have been floated around Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duke of Clarence, Duke of Albany - those seem to be the favourites, but whether that will be the title and whether there will be a title - I don't know. I suspect there will be a title.

"It's not half as glamorous as people think"

Alison Russell, Wales: Do you think that Sophie will wear a coloured dress, rather than the conventional white or ivory?

Jennie Bond: There's a lot of different things about this wedding - that it's being held in the evening, that it's not quite as high profile as all the others. So one might suspect she might step slightly out of line on that. But, I don't know. That's one of the best-guarded secrets. I think we're going to see her in white actually. But I'm probably totally wrong.

Glenn Capps-Jenner, Australia: I feel you had a great privilege to have met the late Diana, Princess of Wales. I was wondering how you felt being in her presence? Was it an awkward feeling, or was it an easy comfortable experience?

Jennie Bond: It was very comfortable - it makes me think of when we were in Australia. One of the last tours I did with Diana was Australia a few years back. She was very welcoming, very fresh. She'd come bounding across the landing and say hello and we'd sit in her sitting room on two large settees facing one another, drinking iced water which she was very fond of and chat about all sorts of things. She made you feel very at ease, she was entirely pleasant.

S Khan, Pakistan: Do the Queen's sons talk to her in a very formal manner or do they converse with her in a natural son-to-mother talk?

Jennie Bond: I think the relationship, particularly between Prince Edward and his mother, is very strong and very affectionate. All of them are sticklers for protocol, if anyone else is present they will address the Queen as Her Majesty the Queen. People might remember the Prince of Wales 50th birthday at Buckingham Palace, when the Queen paid tribute to her son and then Charles took a glass and turned to his mother and said "Mummy" and everyone laughed, "coupled of course with Your Majesty!". That is the perception, but she is "Mummy".

Melanie Tyerman, Ghana: I am living in Ghana and will be here for Her Majesty's visit in November, what I would like to know is, what is the purpose of her visit and how long will she be here?

Jennie Bond: She's going to Ghana as part of a visit to Africa in November as you mentioned. She'll be in Ghana from the 7th to the 9th of November and then to South Africa for the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting - Chogm we call it, and then to Mozambique very briefly on 15th November. The purpose in South Africa is Chogm and in Ghana it is to see how everyone is out there and spread the word.

Leo Denham, UK: If a royal official ever asks who you are, do you ever have the urge to say " The name's Bond, Jennie Bond "

Jennie Bond: I've lived with this for so many years and when I went to Australia it was 'Bond, Alan Bond'. Because people wanted to know if I was anything to do with Alan Bond. No, I hope that royal officials don't need to ask who I am.

Jennie Bond took time out of her busy schedule to answer your questions

Asma, Pakistan: How does it feel to move in royal circles and public figures? It must have been like a sweet dream?

Jennie Bond: It's nothing I ever dreamt of and I don't mix in royal circles that much. I'm always on the periphery. People always think I've just had tea with the Queen. I might have been in Buckingham Palace but I was probably chatting with the press secretary. Sometimes I hear myself on the phone saying 'Oh, I'll be at the Palace at such and such a time.' 'Yes Ambassador I'll have lunch.' And all that sort of stuff. And I think gosh, it's a bit weird, is that me saying it. But it's not half as glamorous as people think.

Debbie Richardson, UK: Will the viewing public watching from their TV sets be able to see inside the Chapel for the ceremony on Saturday, or will it be just glimpses? It seems this wedding is very low key compared to Charles and Diana and Sarah and Andrew?

Jennie Bond: They want it to be low key but the pressure of public opinion has made them change their plans somewhat. So there's a lot of cameras inside and outside the chapel and about 600 guests inside and 8000 people outside. So it's not quite my definition of low key.

Philip Woolven, UK: Why aren't you on the Six O'clock News anymore? It certainly can't be because you aren't attractive enough, because you most definitely are.

Jennie Bond: Sadly I'm not on the 6 o'clock news reading because that is what the bosses have decreed. There's been a change of personnel. It's a sadness to me. I'd very much like to be on the 6 o'clock news - let's have a campaign.

Alan Mitchell, Wales: Is it true that Sophie Rhys-Jones has asked that no hats are to be worn at the wedding?

Jennie Bond: That is true - she doesn't want any hats. Evening gowns, although not ball gowns I'm told, so long frocks and no hats is what she's looking for. It's a moot point whether the Queen Mother and the Queen will go along with that. It depends on your definition of a hat - is a feather or two or some of the netting they sometimes wear over their eyes - does that count as a hat?

Alan: My wife says she ALWAYS admires your dress sense and is asking if she may know what you will be wearing on Saturday.

Jennie Bond It is such a closely guarded secret I don't even know! I haven't got time to think - I've sorted out a few things for Ascot, I'm at the race meeting all this week and I'll just have to have something for Saturday. I may not even be on camera - frankly you don't need to see the correspondent you need to see the main players.

John Vaughan, USA: Does the Queen ever curtsey to her mother?

Jennie Bond: No - the Queen has no need to curtsey to anyone, she does not curtsey to her mother and neither does her mother to her.

Andy Cradock, UK: Do you REALLY enjoy covering Royal events?