Margaret struggles with 'Apprentice' fame

Margaret Mountford has revealed that she often finds it frustrating to be recognised by fans of The Apprentice.

Mountford admitted that she did not consider the consequences of becoming a household name when Sir Alan Sugar asked her to join the BBC reality series as one of his advisors.

"I was very innocent about it really. The recognition took me by surprise," Margaret told the Daily Mail. "I don't mind when people come up and say: 'Who's going to win?'

"But sometimes they invade your personal space. Say you're in a check-in queue, there's 25 minutes of queue ahead and the person next to you says: 'You're from The Apprentice aren't you?' They want to stand really close and go on and on about the series. I don't like that."

Asked which candidate she rates from the current series, Mountford replied: "I think Lucinda is a lot better than she appears to have been so far - hats and cleavage or no hats and cleavage."