Fergie shows off her prickly side

PRINCESSES Beatrice and Eugenie might be known for their quirky taste in fashion but their mother, Sarah, Duchess of York enjoys making sartorial statements, too.

Prince Andrew’s 59- year-old ex-wife left Mayfair private members’ club Annabel’s wearing a black dress and blue jacket which she teamed with eyecatching £190 French Sole black velvet slippers with cactus embroidery.

Always one to retain her royal connections, Fergie’s support for the shoe brand happens to coincide with the fact that Princess Alexandra’s granddaughter Zenouska Mowatt, 28, used to be French Sole’s PR manager.

oliVieR award-winner Helen Burns has died at the grand old age of 101. a gifted comedic actress — she appeared in seventies tV series and that’s the news, Goodnight — but also turned her hand to horror. Her 1980 chiller the Changeling was named by Hollywood director Martin scorsese as one of the scariest films of all time.