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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Wolf Hall star Pryce secretly weds his lover after 43 years

By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:55 EST, 26 April 2015 | Updated: 05:41 EST, 27 April 2015

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As Cardinal Wolsey in the acclaimed historical drama Wolf Hall, Jonathan Pryce failed to help Henry VIII annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

In real life, it has taken the celebrated actor almost half a century to realise the value of wedded bliss.

I hear that Pryce has secretly married the actress Kate Fahy, after keeping her waiting 43 years for a wedding ring. He had previously declared that marriage was not ‘necessary’ for the couple.

Thespian couple: Kate Fahy and Jonathan Pryce, who played Cardinal Wolsey in BBC drama Wolf Hall

‘They tied the knot recently, without any fuss,’ claims a friend. ‘Only close family members and friends know about it.’

The 67-year-old Welshman, who appears in ‘sex and dragons’ TV drama Game Of Thrones, walked out on his first wife, a teacher, just days after meeting Fahy when they were cast opposite each other in a production at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre in 1972. She, too, was wed to someone else at the time.

‘I’d been married for nearly three years and was very happy,’ explained Pryce, who played the father of Keira Knightley’s character in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films. ‘But two weeks after I met Kate I left my wife and she left her husband. It really was just this extraordinary meeting — a real coup de foudre.’

The couple have three children and Pryce is currently appearing on stage with his 25-year-old daughter, Phoebe, for the first time, in The Merchant Of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Grocer’s son Pryce explained in 2010 why he’d not married Fahy. ‘It wasn’t necessary,’ he insisted. ‘I can’t imagine what life would be if I hadn’t met Kate at that time. We’re both actors and often that mitigates against a good relationship, but we have a great understanding of each other’s needs.’

He admitted, however, that financial considerations might change his mind. ‘The only reason to get married now is inheritance tax.’

Pryce could not be reached for comment yesterday, but one man who definitely will not have attended the wedding is playwright Sir Tom Stoppard. Pryce accused him last week of being a ‘snob’ after the Oscar winner claimed theatre audiences were less intelligent than they used to be.

‘I thought it was an extraordinary thing to say,’ Pryce remarked. ‘Just because people didn’t get his esoteric piece of writing at the National Theatre. Write something more comprehensible.’

Intrigue and drama in BBC Two's TV adaptation of Wolf Hall

Cambridge graduate Lily Cole, 27, is pregnant with her first child

One of fashion’s most-educated models, Lily Cole is clearly keen to show she’s not a slave to maternity wear.

The 27-year-old Cambridge graduate, who is expecting her first child with technology entrepreneur Kwame Ferreira, 36, mismatched a mohair jumper with a garish, asymmetric dress, slashed at the thigh, as she went shopping in London.

Ankle socks and trainers completed the unflattering look, which could have been inspired by eccentric actress Helena Bonham Carter.

The catwalks of Milan and Paris seem a world away.

Still winning contracts for such firms as Marks & Spencer and L’Oreal at the age of 65, Twiggy has revealed the secret of her success.

The Sixties icon is a devotee of Thai body massages and believes they should be provided on the NHS.

‘I have a full body massage once a week, and I think it’s preventative medicine,’ she says.

‘I’m all for putting it on the NHS. I do Pilates, and the Alexander technique, to help with my posture and back pain. But I don’t think I’d cope without the lady who gives me massages.’

Twiggy adds: ‘If you go to Thailand, they’ve been doing it for years. But it’s not in our country’s psyche. It’s a shame.’

They are colourful characters who have both been in the news for the wrong reasons, but surely Sarah, Duchess of York and Kate Moss are not going into business together?

I ask only because Prince Andrew’s redhead ex-wife, who is friends with the louche supermodel, has set up a company called Ginger & Moss.

Fergie’s spokesman declines to discuss the firm, which was incorporated last month. A previous Fergie venture, Hartmoor, reportedly lost over £1 million in three years. Perhaps Kate, worth a reported £55 million, could be just what Fergie needs.

Beyonce's videos are like porn, says Paloma

Beyonce is the most powerful woman in pop, but the American star has been accused of setting a bad example with videos so racy they resemble porn films.

Singer Paloma Faith says: ‘She doesn’t need to do it because she’s so exceptional. For me, “girl power” is about intellect, ambition, drive, compassion, empathy, sensuality. Not, like, the size of your a***.’

Singer Paloma Faith has accused Beyonce of setting a bad exampled with her racy music videos

Rihanna is in Paloma’s firing line, too, for a video in which she acts suggestively with a banana ‘and had a man on a lead.’

But what about Paloma herself (right)? Her shirt comes off before she sings a note in one video and she appears starkers in another. Those are fine, she says, because she’s ‘taken ownership over [her] sexuality and used it as a metaphor’.

That’s all right then.