After the Peace

How many parents does it take to make a baby? In the case of Rosalind Melrose Smithson it took four: one birth mother; one legal father; one interfering neighbour and one turkey baster filled with the defrosted essence of an anonymous donor.

Or not so anonymous as it turned out. For donor no. 116349, ''6ft 1in, blue eyes, blond hair, BA (Oxon), action man...'' is the 9th Earl of Dilberne, who gave...