◆ ELLE DOWLING

was the model of embarrassment when she missed half the Christmas lights switch-on party at Royal favourite The Goring Hotel – after going to the wrong place. Elle, left, who has modelled for Christian Louboutin, says she quickly realised her mistake when she started asking confused guests if they knew when Teddy the Shetland – the hotel’s ‘pony in residence’ – would appear. It was then that Elle discovered she was not at The Goring but The Gore hotel in Kensington instead. She says: ‘I had to get a taxi out of there and ended up at The Goring. But I actually missed the Shetland pony.’