Education, education, education

I guess she needs every penny. The BBC reports:

"Cherie Booth QC was paid £3,000 of taxpayers' money to present a TV series about teaching children about "rights and responsibilities".
The prime minister's wife stressed the importance of teaching citizenship in a three-part series to be broadcast on the government funded Teachers' TV.
Downing Street and Teachers' TV said it was the standard fee for presenters."

Do qualifications matter? Or could any QC have done it? And how was she chosen?