EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW ALDERTON

A significant grandchild.

ARCHANGEL MIKE

Landlord of The Pearly Gates Public House and captain of Paradise Cricket XI.

JULIA ARMSTRONG

A passionate painter.

BEN ARMSTRONG

Her husband — a caring beard in computers.

ASTRID

A comely Palm Beach groom.

MISS BATES

A temp with tempting ankles.

BEATRICE

A fair flautist misused by Rannaldini.

JAMES BENSON

A very smooth private doctor.

BONNY

A Palm Beach polo groupie.

SABINE BOTTOMLEY

Headmistress of Bagley Hall — a less caring beard.

TEDDY BRIMSCOMBE

Larry Lockton’s gardener.

MRS BRIMSCOMBE

His wife.

BUNNY

An ace Gloucestershire vet.

RUPERT CAMPBELL-BLACK

Multi-millionaire owner/ trainer, ex-world show-jumping champion, Mecca for most women.

TAGGIE CAMPBELL-BLACK

His second wife — an angel.

MARCUS CAMPBELL-BLACK

His son — an embryo concert pianist.

TABITHA CAMPBELL-BLACK

His daughter — a teenage tearaway.

SEB AND DOMMIE CARLISLE

The heavenly twins. Vastly brave professional polo players, whose serious wildness has been tempered by the recession.

CHLOE CATFORD

Talented mezzo-soprano and Boris Levitsky’s mistress.