PRINCE Edward's sweetheart was there but where was her prince? Sophie Rhys Jones strode into Ascot yesterday, heavily tipped as the next royal bride.
But the prince, who is no real lover of horse racing, decided to slay away.
Sophie, wearing a figure hugging peppermint green suit and cream hat, mingled with high society race goers in the royal enclosure.
Prince Charles, thought not to be a great flat racing fan made his second appearance at Ascot yesterday.
A bankruptcy petition has been filed against the Duchess of York's financial adviser John Bryan by Fergie's sister, Jane Luedecke.
Kathryn Garbett, solicitor for Ms Luedecke and her husband Rainer, said the petition was in respect of "monies due and owing". The petition is understood to be the latest move in a battle over wedding photographs sold to Hello! magazine.
Sara Netanyahu may be Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's third wife but she is now Israel's first lady and intends to play an uncommonly active role in the country's public life.
"It feels wonderful," she told army radio during her husband's first full day as Prime Minister of Israel.
Short, dark blonde Sara Netanyahu (35) shares the tailored pastel suits of Hillary Clinton and her advocacy of children's causes.
Sister Wendy Beckett reckons she knows what made Mona Lisa smile it was what she couldn't have.
Leonardo da Vinci was the most beautiful man of his generation, but a homosexual who never had emotional relationships with women, Sister Wendy (66) explains in her forthcoming BBC 1 series, Sister Wendy (66) explains in her forthcoming BBC 1 series Sister Wendy's Story of Painting.