Falling in love with a prince may be every girl's dream, but is Allegra Jackson's royal fairytale really all it seems?

Allegra's headline–grabbing family have hardly prepared her for a life of public duty and sinfully delicious Prince Alessandro of Santina has always seemed virtually allergic to the idea of settling down – changing women so fast the paparazzi can barely keep up!

So why, out of all the beautiful socialites his name's been linked with, did the heir to the throne pick ordinary Allegra? The royal rumour–mill is in overdrive, asking if this shock engagement really is love...or a desperate arrangement with scandalous consequences.