Divorcee granted £45k a month

A former beauty queen will have to get by on £45,000 (€60,000) a month following a divorce ruling in London.

The woman — who became embroiled in a divorce money fight with a Laura Ashley boss — had asked for too much money to spend on holidays, a High Court judge concluded.

Pauline Chai, 68, who was Miss Malaysia 1969, wanted sums adding up to more than £130,000 a year for holidays alone from her estranged husband Khoo Kay Peng, 76.