AN illicit love affair is so quintessentially French that revelations of President François Hollande’s clandestine meetings with Julie Gayet have been greeted by the French with a shrug.

Nigella Lawson is "very close" to her French co-star on cooking show 'The Taste'.

The father of two former assistants of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has been arrested for conspiring to sell cocaine and hash as a member of the Calabrian mafia, investigators said yesterday.

Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistants have said they feel no guilt over their legal battle with the celebrity chef who they believe has won the hearts of the British public.

Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistants have said they may have won their legal battle but the celebrity chef has won the hearts of the British public.

Angelina Jolie is reportedly being lined up to play Nigella Lawson on the big screen.

TV cook Nigella Lawson has said her “only desire” during the trial of her and ex-husband Charles Saatchi’s personal assistants was to protect her children, but “alas I couldn’t always do”.

TV cook Nigella Lawson has said her “only desire” during the trial of her and ex-husband Charles Saatchi’s personal assistants was to protect her children but “alas I couldn’t always do”.

Her acrimonious split from Charles Saatchi has hogged the headlines, but Nigella Lawson says that she hates conflict.

Police in Britain said they are reviewing evidence that TV cook Nigella Lawson took cocaine.

Police are to review TV cook Nigella Lawson’s admission that she took cocaine.

Nigella Lawson said she was “disappointed but unsurprised” by the acquittal of her former personal assistants on fraud charges, adding that her experience as a witness was “deeply disturbing”.

TV cook Nigella Lawson said she was “disappointed but unsurprised” by the acquittal of her former personal assistants on fraud charges, adding that her experience as a witness was “deeply disturbing”.

Nigella Lawson has blasted what she claimed was a “ridiculous sideshow of false allegations about drug use” as she told of her disappointment at the not guilty verdicts against two former assistants.

Two former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson have been cleared of fraud.

The jury in the trial of two sisters accused of defrauding Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson has been sent out to consider its verdicts.

Multi-millionaire Charles Saatchi has been accused of using the trial of his two former personal assistants to attack his ex-wife Nigella Lawson.

Multimillionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi told a personal assistant accused of defrauding him and former wife Nigella Lawson that he would “destroy” her, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistant “frequently” found rolled-up banknotes with white powder on them in her handbag, she told a court today.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

Television cook Nigella Lawson was unhappy in her marriage to Charles Saatchi and was blocked from working abroad by him, her former personal assistant has told a court.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told a court the TV cook allowed their children to smoke cannabis.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has accused them of lying under oath as she gave evidence in her trial.

A personal assistant accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told a court that she saw evidence of regular drug use by the celebrity cook.

The judge in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has issued a rebuke to UK Prime Minister David Cameron over comments he made about the celebrity chef, urging the jury to reach its verdicts on the evidence alone.

Jurors in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi have been warned to ignore comments made by British Prime Minister David Cameron about the celebrity cook.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi was “cagey” and “secretive” about where she got her designer clothes and spent most of the time at work on Facebook, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson is to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey.

Two sisters accused of spending almost £700,000 (€836,000) on credit cards belonging to Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi wrote to the couple begging for forgiveness, a court has heard.

Charles Saatchi’s accountants did not scrutinise the credit cards used by his and Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, because it was not their job to get involved in the household expenditure, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson may be a “domestic goddess” but she did not accept being called “the lady of the house” in a day when the courtroom was given an insight into life in the family home.

Nigella Lawson told a court today she would rather be "honest and ashamed" than "bullied with lies" after revealing details of her past drug use.

Nigella Lawson accused her ex-husband, Charles Saatchi, of threatening to “destroy” her.

Nigella Lawson has admitted in court to using cocaine, saying in one case it was because of “intimate terrorism” she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband Charles Saatchi.

Nigella Lawson accused her ex-husband, Charles Saatchi, of threatening to “destroy” her as she gave evidence today in the trial of their former personal assistants on fraud charges.

Nigella Lawson arrived at court today as she prepares to give evidence in the trial of two of her former personal assistants.

Art dealer Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being on drugs has been made public.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased the art dealer’s assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 (€120,000) without telling Mr Saatchi the amount.

Charles Saatchi told a court today that he held the neck of his former wife Nigella Lawson last June “to make her focus”.

Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being off her head on drugs has been made public.

Charles Saatchi has told a court it was his ex-wife Nigella Lawson’s idea to let their personal assistants have company credit cards.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased his personal assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 without telling the art dealer the amount.

Millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi is expected to be questioned on details of his marriage to ex-wife Nigella Lawson today when he gives evidence in the trial of two former personal assistants to the celebrity couple.