Her Prince may have been (allegedly!) caught kissing another woman, but a marriage between Kate Middleton and the future King continues to be seen as a racing cert by many, not least the British press.

The couple are back on the front pages, starting with the London Evening Standard followed by several of Wednesday's national papers, after making their first public appearance together since a Sunday newspaper reported on a drunken William's kiss with PR girl Tess Shepherd at Boujis nightclub in London around three weeks ago.

Looking much older than their years in outfits which would appear more at home on the older generation of the Royal Family, William and Kate — who obviously hasn't jetted away on that previously reported family holiday to Barbados — joined Princess Anne's daughter, Zara Phillips, for the first day of the Cheltenham Festival.