My favourite thing

Denise Van Outen is tickled pink by her latest purchase, a gleaming green Audi TT

Denise van Outen, the blonde Essex girl with whom Britain gets out of bed every morning, is stuck in traffic en route to her fiancé Jay Kay’s manor house in Buckinghamshire. At the end of a sweeping driveway, with sheep grazing on the front lawn, Kay’s mansion is a classic rock star’s retreat. But the garage is where Van Outen’s and Kay’s dreams reside. It houses an impressive collection of cars — the usual BMWs and Ferraris plus Van Outen’s favourite thing, an Audi TT roadster.

“I have only had the TT for three weeks,” she says of the metallic green sports car in the driveway. “Jay got one and I just loved it. I had never really spoilt myself before so this was a