Perhaps it was her dazzling smile - or the sparkling sequins on her bodice. Whatever the reason, when Prince Charles met Jordan last night he seemed momentarily lost for words.

Instead he simply beamed with delight as he shook hands with the model, who was wearing an ivory dress which, as the picture shows, just about covered her famous and frequently exposed bosom.

Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were introduced to Jordan - who now prefers to use her real name, Katie Price - and her husband Peter Andre, in a line-up before the Royal Variety Performance at the London Coliseum.

Charles asked if the couple planned to sing, replying 'Good' when told they were. Miss Price, 28, and her husband performed a number from their newly-released charity album of love songs, A Whole New World.

The reformed Take That also met the royal couple.