The fashion crew descended on Rome last week for Dior’s annual cruise show, for a display of exceptional evening gowns. It was the final collection by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri ...

Certain things in life make us the person we are. And, for many years, wearing high heels has been one of those for me. So a recent realisation that I no longer enjoy wearing those heels feels ...

It's happened. The day I hoped would never come. The day I can no longer wear high heels. To those who have never loved high heels, this may seem like utter trivia. But those who, like me, have ...

Kensington Palace's decision to no longer release details of the Princess of Wales's clothes on public engagements will undoubtedly disappoint many. Following what one of the best-dressed women in ...

Please, God, let him telephone me now. Dear God, let him call me now. I won't ask anything else of You, truly I won't. It isn't very much to ask. It would be so little to You, God, such a little ...

How disappointing that Angela Rayner will not be the chatelaine of Dorneywood, the grace-and-favour Buckinghamshire bolthole complete with croquet lawn, swimming pool and sunken lawn. I had been ...

‘Alexandra, you’ve just won…’ It’ll take the edge of knowing the bookie has got the better of me once again.

As a mother of one son, occasionally in the small hours I fret about what will happen when he marries and I’m shunted into second place by his new wife. What if he falls in love with a South ...

Joan Hannington is the latest in a line of delicious female on-screen criminals. I've just binged the whole ITV series, Joan, where Sophie Turner does a marvellous turn in 1980s jumpsuits ...

Our local high street is stuffed with estate agents again, just like it was in the 1980s. Like so many, I often check the properties in their windows. Prices have rocketed in the 30 years I've ...

It has taken 50-plus years but I have finally given up smoking. There’s nothing like finding yourself with a post-operative blood clot in your lung to put you off. The process so far – it’s ...

Meghan has stolen my sign-off. How can I continue to end emails and letters with the words ‘As ever’, which I’ve happily used for years, now that it would sound like an endorsement for her ...