Cara grieves her glam granny

CARA DELEVINGNE is not the first top model in her family. And today she’s mourning her colourful grandmother, Jane Stevens, who has died at the age of 85.

Known as Janie Sheffield, she was the muse of royal dressmaker Sir Norman Hartnell and a lady-inwaiting to Princess Margaret.

‘She was stunning, elegant and had a great sense of fun,’ her daughter Pandora Delevingne tells me.

Jane was married for 23 years to publisher Sir Jocelyn Stevens, who hired Princess Margaret’s future husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones, as a photographer for Queen magazine. A close confidante to the Queen’s sister until her death in 2002, Jane was once asked to act as her driver when her chauffeur was sick.

She had never driven a RollsRoyce and, as they were under the arch of Buckingham Palace, motorcyclists crashed into the side of the car. Margaret told her not to worry, urging her, ‘Drive on, Janie’.

Pandora adds: ‘She was passionate about so many things. She loved horse racing and was really good at tennis, playing until two years ago. She’ll be sorely missed.’