Tasha's tale; Prince Albert's 'friend', Tasha de Vasconcelos, wants to be a screen queen, but is she after Monaco's crown, too?

Byline: JO WILTSHIRE

Imagine the naive exuberance of Pollyanna, combined with the artful elegance of Audrey Hepburn, and you'd be close to conjuring up model and actress Tasha de Vasconcelos. Add a rare, but dazzling, dose of Julia Roberts's grin, and you'd be spot on. Today she is dressed down, yet still looking chic, in trousers, flat shoes and navy jacket. With her hair scraped back, the onetime girlfriend of Prince Albert of Monaco is breathtakingly glamorous. I have to check to make sure I am not oozing glutinous green envy.

With the inevitable dark glasses…