‘NOW WE NEED A BIGGER HOUSE’

...Though, apparently, not big enough. The Carters never do anything by halves. of course they need a bigger home now, and have offered $120 million (£94 million) for a vast, hilltop mansion in LA’s Bel Air neighbourhood, which boasts four pools, eight bedrooms and bullet-proof glass. The 30,000 sq ft house, which was built by the same company that revamped Claridge’s hotel in London, is just down the road from Tom Jones’s home.

The couple have reportedly spent $500,000 (£390,000) on a lavish nursery. ‘Bey and Jay knocked out a wall between two bedrooms to create a master suite-size nursery,’ says a source.

‘They’ll have matching cribs and rockers and designer sheets worth $30,000, (£23,000) and a $50,000 (£39,000) sound system.’

Beyonce has commissioned a $20,000 (£15,000) mural on the ceiling, complete with an array of glowing stars, the insider adds. ‘It’s incredible. It’s the entire galaxy above the nursery.’ Rather more elaborate than a few stickon stars, then . . .

The room will also feature custombuilt walk-in closets, a fireplace and its own cinema. These birds may never want to fly the nest.