SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: She led an extraordinary life, marrying two earls and a count - and, along the way, became stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Princess Diana's niece chatted avidly to Cold Feet star James Nesbitt, 54, at the Walpole British Luxury Awards at The Dorchester.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Entrepreneur India, 52, demonstrated this while trying to put on a pair of knee-length black boots before heading out to a dinner in New York.

Andres Iniesta has reportedly rejected a move to Estudiantes as well as three MLS clubs, including David Beckham's Inter Miami. The midfielder wants to see out his contract with Vissel Kobe.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Cameron isn't the only one who has been coining it since leaving Downing Street. So, too, has his former Tory Party chair Andrew Feldman.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Cameron's claims about Heatherdown, the school he attended in Ascot, have caused dismay and anger among his fellow Old Heatherdonians.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: What lockdown? London's social scene might have been put on the backburner, but its movers and shakers are refusing to let the fun come to an end.

JONATHAN MCEVOY - F1 COLUMN: Sebastian Vettel's nightmare scenario, the one that would end his career in grand prix racing, is to carry No 1 status at Ferrari in nothing but name.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: He's been married three times, imprisoned in both the U.S. and Australia, deported from Canada and exposed as a bigamist in the High Court in London.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: First the Queen was told that her beloved Royal Ascot would take place behind closed doors; now the Royal Family has suffered another sporting blow.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The 82-year-old painter is convinced that smoking helps protect against coronavirus. And he's written a letter to the Daily Mail to argue his case.

The Daily Mail's Sebastian Shakespeare discusses pleas for Boris Johnson's speedy recovery, last wishes with Dame Olivia de Havilland, and why Mary Beard is not about to lose her Marbles.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: He's the Old Etonian former SAS officer who achieved ­notoriety as leader of the so-called failed 'Wonga' coup.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: According to Laura, Julian Fellowes told her: 'Don't try and destroy an image that people have of you, that they enjoy.'

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: I can disclose that Andrew Bedford, the 15th Duke, his wife, Louise, and their children have been obliged to leave Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Carnarvons have gone out of their way to try to find a solution - but the road to Downton has hit a few bumps.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Soho Farmhouse, the £1,650-a-year very exclusive private members' club set in 120 Oxfordshire acres is opening its doors to an army of tent dwellers.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans in a memoir, including anecdotes about acquaintances like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.

Proctor resigned as the Duke's private secretary and in 2015 moved out of his home after it was raided as part of Operation Midland, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE - Members of the MCC have been left outraged after talk of an extraordinary and 'radical' proposal started to filter among the masses.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Fergie, who has just launched her own YouTube channel, 'Storytime With Fergie And Friends', declines to comment on the company's affairs.

As thespian friends pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman, a further poignant detail emerges. The star, pictured, was planning to buy a new house, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans in a memoir, including anecdotes about acquaintances like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: So keen is Speaker John Bercow to join the tennis elite, I can reveal he even made a bid to become a member of the All England Croquet And Lawn Tennis club.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Thwarted from joining Wimbledon's exclusive Croquet And Lawn Tennis Club, John Bercow has enjoyed the consolation of three overseas jaunts.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Smashing news from Down Under. We all know the Duchess of Cambridge is a dab hand at tennis, having honed her skills at an exclusive London club.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.

Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombians to win the U.S. Open men's doubles title on Friday, easing past Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.

Lukas Podolski needs no invitation to take a selfie, so the Germany striker wasn't about to let the opportunity pass him by after winning the World Cup.

SAM CUNNINGHAM: Blood oozed from the cut beneath his right eye. The wound was so deep that the bright red claret streamed down his protruding right cheek.

MARTIN KEOWN: The World Cup final can be the best occasion of a footballer's life, or the worst if they crumble under the pressure.

Germany's World Cup-winning stars were letting their heroics at the Maracana sink in on Monday as they relaxed at their Rio de Janeiro hotel with their ultimate prize.

Bastian Schweinsteiger is targeting further glory with Germany after finally winning his first major trophy with the national side. Schweinsteiger had become used to just coming up short in major tournaments.

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe has called for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed over the coronavirus pandemic as Canada pulled out of the Games that are scheduled for this summer.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: He's been married three times, imprisoned in both the U.S. and Australia, deported from Canada and exposed as a bigamist in the High Court in London.

Lucian Freud's nude portraits continue to command giddy sums even after his death, with Benefits Supervisor Resting achieving a world record in 2015 when it sold for more than £35 million.

Austrian GP: Lewis Hamilton set a best lap time in one minute and 4.838 seconds on soft tyres in the first practice.

Austrian Grand Prix: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped in the second practice after Lewis Hamilton had won the first.

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel posted two fastest times in the third and final free practice session of British GP at Silverstone.

Sebastian Vettel finished a distant 16th in British Grand Prix and is now 100 points adrift of Lewis Hamilton on Drivers Championship board.

Sebastian Vettel is apprehensive abut his return to Hockenheim, where his Formula One campaign came undone last year.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc shone in the scorching sun in the first two practices of German Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel topped the timming charts as Ferrari reigned sumpreme at the Belgian GP's first two practice sessions.

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes had the fastest time after the first two practise sessions with Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in second and third respectively.

Charles Leclerc saw his chances of a hat-trick of wins dashed by pit-lane strategy used by Ferrari that favoured Sebastian Vettel.

Russian Grand Prix: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished third.