It’s the lady who feels entitled to half of Thierry’s career earnings

Back in 2001, Thierry Henry was filming one of his mildly annoying Renault Clio adverts (”Ey Bobby, what’s ze French for ‘Va Va Voom?’”), when he noticed a model prancing around the set in little more than a man’s shirt and some ladypants. That lovely young thing was 27-year-old Claire Merry, who became Henry’s girlfriend with immediate effect, and two years later became his wife.

As you will undoubtedly know, however, the couple announced their divorce last year, and the latest news is that Claire will be ‘taking him to the cleaners‘ to the sum of £10m for his alleged infidelities with a make-up artist named Sadie Hewlett. Quite how she feels she is entitled to such a huge amount is anyone’s guess, but the Croydon-born beauty is pursuing his funds with the tenacity that Andriy Voronin seeks out awful clothing.