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Not many of us had “Jeffrey Epstein” or “Ghislaine Maxwell” on our bingo cards — to mix metaphors while gilding the lily.

But for Belgravia's gilded set, being told to leave the rarefied streets and return to a supposedly less desirable part of the English capital cuts deep.

Here she sang it while standing in a glittering mermaid gown that seemed to make it impossible for her to move — some kind of metaphor for the gilded cage of a celebrity romance.

In images shared by Russian outlets, the two men - who have met several times before - were seen smiling and shaking hands in a gilded hall.

But where else would you find a gilded temple floating in the middle of one of the city’s most frenzied intersections?