What a difference a Deng makes

Two of Britain’s most powerful men faced a barrage of questions about phone-hacking yesterday — but perhaps the woman sitting behind them was the true power behind the throne.

Rupert Murdoch and his son James put on a double act for the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the younger man’s smooth transatlantic accent complementing his father’s gravelly Aussie drawl.

But it was the glamorous woman in pink in the front row of the audience seats, between the two businessmen, that really caught the eye.