Straight off to Harrods for champagne: Imogen Thomas celebrates after Ryan Giggs accepts she did not try to blackmail him (but she still looks pretty miserable)

Imogen Thomas was spotted celebrating with a trip to Harrods after footballer Ryan Giggs yesterday accepted there was no reason to accuse her of blackmailing him.

In a High Court hearing, a judge hinted that he might lift the injunction which is supposed to ban any reporting of an alleged affair between the two, asking whether there was 'any point in maintaining the anonymity'.

The brief hearing was requested by Ms Thomas' lawyers, and saw David Price QC read a statement in the case of CTB vs News Group Newspapers and Ms Thomas.

CTB is a pseudonym for Mr Giggs, who took out an injunction in April to prevent the media from reporting allegations that he had an extra-marital affair with the former Big Brother contestant.

The Manchester United star was the subject of so much speculation on Twitter that eventually Lib Dem MP John Hemming 'outed' him in the House of Commons.     More