When Queen Mary saw vaudeville star Vesta Tilley appear on stage at the Royal Variety Performance wearing trousers, she buried her head in her programme, such was her sense of dismay.

How times have changed!

What would King George V's wife say had she seen her great-grandson at last night's event, for the Prince of Wales received quite an eyeful from a former topless model.

Prince Charles has asked thousands of questions in his life. He could be forgiven if his latest had incorporated a slight note of trepidation as, shaking hands with former page 3 girl Jordan (real name Katie Price), Charles asked: "Are you singing?"

The newly pregnant model, famous inside Britain for her propensity for stripping for the cameras and being one of the greatest self promoters of all time, has now turned her attentions to becoming a pop star with the release of her new charity single, A Whole New World.

Unfortunately for her, a supposedly genuine recording of her attempt to sing has circulated on the internet, resulting in claims that her voice has been manipulated for the duet she's just released with her pop star husband, Peter Andre.