Jennifer Stevens: The losers and losers of the Wagatha Christie trial

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney's tabloid court case has gripped millions. And, in the world of the bored and bitchy, it has nothing to do with money and is all about saving face

Rebekah Vardy arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice in London where she is locked in a legal battle with Coleen Rooney which has been dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie' trial.  Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty

This week many productive hours have been lost to a story that has gripped a lot of us for close to two and a half years.

The libel case involving footballers' wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy that has been playing out all week in an oak-panelled London courtroom is Shakespearean in its drama and as salacious as the tabloid pages to which Vardy has been accused of leaking.