An Edinburgh hairdresser has described her “surprise” after Dame Prue Leith stopped by to get her hair done ahead of a charity event in the capital on Tuesday morning.

The Great British Bake Off judge and her husband John Playfair made the unexpected visit to Craig Davidson Hair in Bruntsfield on November 4.

The couple live in Gloucestershire but were in Edinburgh to attend the Women of Achievement lunch at Archers' Hall.

They had been staying with a friend who recommended the salon to them.

Salon manager Ashley Wilson said when she took a call on Monday afternoon to book in Prue Leith, she had no idea it would be the culinary star .

She explained: “I took a phone call yesterday afternoon from somebody local who uses the salon, asking to book Prue Leith in.

“Obviously, we’re not e

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