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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jim Waterson Media editor

A pigeon and a chipolata? FFS! First week highlights of Rooney v Vardy

Rebekah Vardy departs the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand on Thursday.
Rebekah Vardy departs the Royal Courts of Justice in London after a day at the trial. Photograph: Kate Green/Getty Images

The high-ceilinged wood-panelled court 13 at the Royal Courts of Justice has been packed this week for the libel case brought by Rebekah Vardy against Coleen Rooney. The trial centres on whether Vardy was or was not involved in leaking stories from Rooney’s private Instagram account to journalists at the Sun. In the process the court has heard exchanges about emojis, slang and chipolatas.

Were the lads fuming?

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