Petra returns to public life as an Ecclestone

PETRA ECCLESTONE made her first public appearance since the explosive courtroom hearing initiating her divorce from bullion trader James Stunt.

Petra, 28, was accompanied by her sister, Tamara, 33, right, at the Vordere Legends Ball on Wednesday. Petra’s red halterneck gown would seem to suggest that she is receptive to male attention — although not, of course, from Stunt, whose role as director of her charitable foundation Petra has just terminated, as I disclosed this week.

She has also formally dropped Stunt’s name and told Companies House she wants to be known as Petra Ecclestone.