ARISTOCRAT Osla Henniker-Major is kicking up a stink - but it is all of her own making.

The self-confessed slob, who admits to wearing the same bra for two years and rarely changing her socks, is to air her dirty laundry in public on a national television show.

The 23-year-old will appear on new Channel 4 series, Too Posh to Wash, next month, detailing her poor personal hygiene, which has earned her the nick-name, The Ming.

She has been given a makeover by cleanliness queens Aggie MacKenzie and Kim Woodburn, who were appalled to discover she had 15 times the normal number of bacteria on her teeth.

As part of the programme, she was filmed earlier this year ditching her old bra for a new version at Sadie the Bra Lady's Stanley shop, in County Durham.

Revelations included:

* Showering only when she had a date or was meeting friends

* Using underwear inside out to get double the use out of it.

* Not changing her bed sheets this year

* Never washing her jeans

* Leaving damp clothes in a laundry bag so long they went mouldy.

Osla, who grew up on a six-acre farm near Chilton Hall, County Durham, said her messy ways flourished at boarding school and got worse when she went to university.

Her parents, the Honourable Charles Henniker-Major, who runs a nature reserve, and her mother, Sally, a teacher, have given up on her, she told the programme.

"She said: "My parents hoped I would learn discipline, but I just got lazier about cleanliness and preferred to do other things with my time when I went to school.

"I would rather be out and don't think about washing."

Osla's grandfather was Lord Henniker-Major, Britain's young-est ever ambassador when he became the Government's representative to Jordan in 1960.

Her uncle's godfather is Prince Phillip.

Published: 13/08/2004