Nigella: Saatchi likes to control every element

Nigella Lawson may be a “domestic goddess” but she did not accept being called “the lady of the house” in a day when the courtroom was given an insight into life in the family home.

In a second day of evidence, Ms Lawson endured another four-and-a-half hours of questions — with some of her responses sparking a few smiles and giggles in the courtroom.

The celebrity cook took issue with defence barrister Karina Arden referring to her as “the lady of the house” — a home she later joked must have been the “cleanest house ever in the world”.