The Queen doesn't like him, so he wasn't invited. But the snub to Tony Blair makes a nonsense of claims that Friday's wedding has modernised a fundamentally Conservative institution

Consider yourself a dyed-in-the-wool republican? An ultra loyalist? A sceptic unwittingly seduced by the pageantry of an amazing day? Take our lie detector test to learn the truth about yourself. You might be surprised! (Answers at the bottom of page)

The socialite arrives dressed in electric blue for the Royal wedding.

If you ask me...

I've been thinking about Reformed Characters this week, as Russell Brand and the Duchess of York – and their little Venn baby, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson – all variously parade their guilt and redemption as though they were the latest designer lust-haves. Frankly I wouldn't know guilt and redemption even if I had a threesome with them and they showed me a playback of it the next day, but it's certainly a very popular pose right now – even more so with the falling away of faith in this country. Which goes to prove that clever old GK Chesterton got it right when he said: "When a man ceases to believe in God he does not believe in nothing, he believes in anything."

BTW...

The secret wedding of Jonathan Aitken's daughter is the latest twist in their family's remarkable saga

Time for the latest instalment in the rolling cyber-drama of Daniel Hannan, the Tory Party's very own YouTube hero (or burden, depending on how you see things).

It was cheap but cheerful at the crisps company Walkers' "Do us a Flavour" party at London's Paramount Club on 8 January, where the outlandish finalists in a public competition to create a new variety were unveiled. Canapés were replaced by crisps, but, with plenty of bubbly to go around, the crowd – a heady mix of B-listers – didn't seem to mind.

As the financial crisis deepens, the race to write The Bonfire Of The Vanities de nos jours is already beginning.

Mark Watson-Mitchell, a flamboyant veteran whose career has embraced many aspects of City life, has emerged as an enthusiastic fan of Plus, the increasingly important share market I discussed last week.

Gifted plastic surgeon Martin Kelly will be remembered for his generosity

Detectives charged a man yesterday with the murder of polish woman found in a suitcase on the outskirts of a wealthy village.

He's rich, famous, boasts a jet-set lifestyle and has the supermodel girlfriends to match. Shame, then, that James Blunt also gets dubbed the most hated man in pop. What's he done to deserve it? And should he even care? Esther Walker finds out