Once upon a time there was a prince and a Belarusian girl

Poor old Prince Giacomo Bonanno di Linguaglossa, who’s launched a legal case against his Belarusian girlfriend, Tanya Yashenko, having previously showered her with cash, cars, a share in a bed-andbreakfast ( just what every girl wants), and so on. His lawyers claim he was suffering a condition where “falling in love confuses the brain to the point of rendering a person incapable of understanding a situation” when handing over these trinkets. But the plot thickens, as, according to his Facebook page, the pair are still together. “I love you,” he wrote last week, “a flower that makes me feel calm. I’m proud to be with you.” Eh? Does someone need to send in a rescue party, or is Prince Giacomo, in fact, perfectly all right?

Early days yet, but this story is shaping up to be one of my favourites of the year.