Andrea Riseborough finds a model boyfriend in Joe Appel Although she feels that Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, whom she portrays in Madonna's film W.E., took the view that women are only as good as the men they marry, Andrea Riseborough knows that there is more to her own relationship with Joe Appel, the American-born model and street artist. "I've never seen myself as one who exists purely in terms of finding the perfect partner and living through them," the actress points out. But, having said that, I think I'm terribly lucky. I think I've found my prince. Today Jo Hansford opens the doors to her new salon in South Audley Street in Mayfair. Much is made of how luxurious a place it is and one can't help but feel that it is part of a courting ritual the hairdresser is conducting with the Duchess of Cambridge, whose nails Marina Sandoval, from the salon, attended to on the day of her wedding. Hansford numbers the Duchess of Cornwall among her clients, but, as the hairdresser is best known as a colourist, Kate may not yet feel happy about the message that attending such a salon might put out. Among the men who have frequented her salon are Sir David Jason, Tim Henman and Val Kilmer, but not, perhaps surprisingly, the ever-youthful Lord Mandelson. Equal Pay It is heartening to see in the advertisements for the post of Serjeant at Arms at the House of Commons a line saying that the £70,000-a-year position will be made by people who value "equality, diversity and fairness." When Jill Pay, the outgoing Serjeant, was appointed in 2008 and became the first woman to do so, it emerged that she was paid a third less than her male predecessor. Successful applicants for the eight-centuries old post, which carries responsibilities for "maintaining order in the House of Commons and its precincts," will have to possess a "demeanour that inspires confidence at the highest levels" and "a thorough appreciation of the implications for security in this distinctive setting." Pay became acquainted with that when she controversially consented to a police search of the office of Damien Green, the then shadow immigration spokesman. Douglas Hogg called the affair "a scandal."