There is a poignant story behind the Jaguar in which Prince Harry drove Meghan Markle to their wedding reception at Frogmore House, Windsor, on Saturday.

The E-Type, which had been converted to an electric vehicle, previously belonged to Jamiroquai musician Toby Grafftey-Smith, who died last year at the age of 46 after a six-year battle with cancer.

‘The royal wedding car was bought from Toby,’ discloses his widow, Gabriella Crewe-Read, 43. ‘His brilliance is everywhere.’

The royals in the battery-electric-powered E-Type Jaguar with a personalised numberplate: E190518 - the date on which Harry and Meghan tied the knot

She added that her late husband is ‘still here’.

Like Jamiroquai co-founder Jay Kay, Grafftey-Smith was a classic car enthusiast.

The car was sold after his death by Gabriella, with whom he had three children.

Known in the music world as Toby Smith, the keyboard player was an alumnus of Marlborough College, the £36,525-per-year boarding school where the Duchess of Cambridge was educated.

Gabriella has not revealed who bought the car, but it was prepared for Harry’s big day with the addition of a personalised numberplate: E190518.

Newlyweds Price Harry and Meghan Markle drove away from Windsor Castle in an E-Type Jaguar which previously belonged to Jamiroquai musician Toby Grafftey-Smith who died last year after a six-year battle with cancer

The numbers are the date on which Harry and Meghan tied the knot.

The car is a zero-emissions, battery-electric-powered version of the 1968 car with LED head lamps.

Built between 1961 and 1975, the E-Type was described by Enzo Ferrari as ‘the most beautiful car in the world’. This model is said to be worth £350,000.

Harry was following the example set by his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, who left Buckingham Palace with the former Kate Middleton after their wedding in 2011 in a vintage Aston Martin DB6.

Grafftey-Smith left Jamiroquai in 2002 after ten years with the band, and lived on a farm in Northamptonshire with his family.

A classically trained musician, he co-wrote songs for Jamiroquai, which sold 26 million albums, with nine Top Ten singles and four UK No. 1 albums.

Grafftey-Smith had a total disregard for career plaudits, however, and lost one award in the back seat of a taxi.

Freud and Lily play at brides behaving badly

Emma Freud (left) with Cinderella star Lily James, 29, acquired a Seventies cream nylon gown and veil from a charity shop for the royal wedding

Love Actually director Richard Curtis has never married his long-term partner, Emma Freud, but she’s still found a way to play the role of a bride.

The 56-year-old broadcaster and great-granddaughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund hosted a party at the weekend to celebrate the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Freud, who has four children with Curtis, acquired a Seventies cream nylon gown and veil from a charity shop for the occasion (above far left). She even roped in Cinderella star Lily James, 29, (above right), who sported a white Emilia Wickstead dress.

Emma Freud, whose long-term partner is Love Actually director Richard Curtis, found a way to play the role of a bride

The actress, who lives with her boyfriend, The Crown’s Matt Smith, looked unusually inelegant as she appeared to swig from a prosecco bottle while holding a cigarette.

Four years ago, Curtis said graciously that he ‘might’ one day pop the question. Let’s hope the sight of Freud in a bridal outfit stiffens his resolve.

Risque Rose almost steals the spotlight

Prince Harry’s friend Hugh van Cutsem and his beautiful wife Rose Astor almost stole the spotlight at the royal wedding reception on Saturday night.

Despite not playing as crucial a role as they did for Prince William’s nuptials in 2011 — where their daughter, Grace, was Kate’s cheeky bridesmaid — they made their presence known.

Prince Harry’s friend Hugh van Cutsem and his wife Rose Astor, 38, posted a snap on social media ahead of the reception which shows her flashing

Rose, 38, posted a snap on social media ahead of the reception which shows her flashing her thigh in a sparkling gown.

‘Fun times (before I ditched you for Clooney),’ she captioned it. A fellow guest joked: ‘It looked more like Amal you were hitting on’.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle really are the couple from Soho House.

Not only did the swanky private members club’s global membership director Markus Anderson have pride of place opposite the Royal Family in St George’s Chapel, but Soho House’s boss, Nick Jones, was also there with his 17-year-old daughter, Freya.

Jones’s wife, Kirsty Young, was co-hosting the BBC’s TV coverage and referred to her ‘old man’ during her commentary.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met on a blind date at Soho House-owned club Dean Street Townhouse.

Ibiza, watch out! ‘I can’t believe the BBC is allowing me to host a show in Ibiza again,’ says Zoe Ball, who will present a Radio 2 ‘summer celebration’ from the party isle.

Ball, who met her ex-husband, Norman ‘Fatboy Slim’ Cook, during a hedonistic Balearic trip, has left her raving days behind.

Attempting to present the Radio 1 breakfast show from Ibiza 20 years ago, Ball admitted she was so ‘high’ she ‘could hardly speak’.

Presumably the Radio 2 trip will be powered by nothing stronger than herbal tea.

Yogi Kendal's tips of staying evergreen at 71

The Good Life star Felicity Kendal, 71, extols the virtues of doing yoga at the Chelsea Flower Show

Evergreen actress Felicity Kendal, best known for her role as self-sufficiency enthusiast Barbara Good in the Seventies sitcom The Good Life, extols the virtues of doing yoga in her back garden.

‘I’m not one of those Ashtanga experts that wraps their legs round their head, but I have found peace and solitude outside,’ says the 71-year-old at the Chelsea Flower Show.

‘I don’t need to go to a gym. Beautiful flowers — roses, daffodils, tulips — I love them all.

‘I’m fed up with this social media society. We all need to calm down.’

Dame Darcey Bussell, 49, (left) and actress Su Pollard were other guests at the Chelsea Flower Show

Other guests at the Chelsea Flower Show included Dame Darcey Bussell, 49, (top right) who cut a dash sporting a matching wicker hat, basket and pair of wedges with a black patterned dress.

While shy and retiring actress Su Pollard (right) opted for an extravagant floral headpiece and handbag.

MP's 'free' trip... that cost £14,200

Women and Equalities Shadow Minister Dawn Butler has just enjoyed a £14,200 freebie to Los Angeles with a member of her staff.

The nine-day trip was paid for by entrepreneur Anthony Watson, whom she has recently appointed to be one of her advisors.

The MP for Brent Central was given free accommodation and tickets to the GLAAD Media Awards night in Hollywood. Butler said she was on a fact-finding mission regarding LGBT rights.

Anthony Watson is also a director of GLAAD, an LGBT campaign group.

Butler made no mention of her trip on her Twitter feed or her website, but revealed bare details in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

David Cameron’s biographer Sir Anthony Seldon reveals he’s working on a book about Theresa May — and claims she will be one of the best PMs in history.

‘May At Ten is going to be one of the great comeback stories in British politics because you just don’t sink that low and come back up,’ he tells me.

‘It will be, of all the prime ministers, one of the greatest accomplishments.’

Before the royal wedding, most people were unaware that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were chums with George and Amal Clooney.

But human rights lawyer Amal has, I can reveal, become so close to the new Duchess of Sussex that it was she who recommended Meghan spend her last night as a single woman at Cliveden House hotel.

The Clooneys live about 15 miles along the Thames in Sonning, Berkshir.