The Mail is going big and taking some risks here, reporting that although no name is given on the birth certificate, Boris is in the frame for Helen Macintyre’s daughter Stephanie. The Mail fills in the gaps with the the tried and tested device of quoting “friends”

The gossip among Pierre’s friends was that this child, when newborn, had shocking wild red hair and bright blue eyes – and we were all saying she looked a lot more like Boris than Pierre

William Cash is now living with Ms Macintyre and presumably is also a paternity candidate. To say that this story has been tantalising the media and the Westminster village for months is an understatement. When Guido ran a teaser in June tabloids called looking for more information. Either the gossip and the Mail is right or they are risking the mother of all defamation suits. Not sure that the Press Complaints Commission will look too kindly on pictures of the child being published…