Pippa Middleton to spend Christmas with the royals

IN A BREAK with precedent, Pippa Middleton has been invited to Sandringham for Christmas. Usually only royals and their spouses attend, says the Mail on Sunday. And blushes will be spared because rugby player Mike Tindall, whose behaviour off the pitch during the World Cup embarrassed his wife Zara Phillips, has to leave early to train for a Boxing Day match, missing the annual Sandringham photo-call, says The Sunday Telegraph...

IS THERE no end to her talents? Nancy dell'Olio, property lawyer, former lover of Sven Goran Eriksson, Strictly Come Dancing contestant and potential Playboy model - at the age of 50 – is to write a book, reports The Sunday Telegraph. Its subject? Sensuality, naturally...

GARY BARLOW has "shattered the dreams" of X-Factor hopeful Misha Bryan, saying she has no chance of winning the talent contest because she was accused of bullying other contestants. Even though Barlow believes she's innocent, he thinks the public won't vote for her, reports the Sunday Mirror...

THE SURVIVING Beatles - Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - will open the London Olympics in 2012 by playing some of their greatest hits together. To prove this claim, the People quotes an anonymous "source" as saying the gig will be a "massive coup" and the pair may be supported by the Spice Girls...

HE ONCE sang "I wanna bite the hand that feeds me". Now Elvis Costello says he doesn't want his fans to buy his new album. The new-wave singer, now 56, says the £212.99 price set by his record label Universal for a new box set of his back catalogue is "either a misprint or a satire", reports The Sunday Telegraph…

THE FRENCH football coach Laurent Blanc claims his side is England manager Fabio Capello's worst nightmare, reports The Independent on Sunday. "Before the draw Fabio Capello said to me, 'I hope we don't get drawn out with France'," said Blanc. "At the end of the draw he tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'I shouldn't have said that.'" France have beaten England in their previous five encounters. They face each other on June 11, 2012... ·