Liz Hurley has emerged victorious and vindicated from her acrimonious dispute over the paternity of her baby son. Steve Bing is the father, DNA tests have confirmed.

Nothing could disguise the joy of the screen actress and former face of Estée Lauder after the announcement filtered from a private hearing at the High Court in London.

Photographed shortly after the news was broken, Liz was in jubilant mood. She looked million dollars – which is a mere fraction of what she and two-month-old Damian Charles might expect to receive from the heir to a £270 million property fortune.

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