William Hickey .sx Jockey judge will ride on Circuit .sx MR. JUSTICE DIPLOCK , a 53-year-old Queen's Bench Division judge , is setting out on Circuit on April 15 despite the pleas of his wife , Lady Diplock .sx Circuit , I should add , is the name of his trusted mount in the Bar point-to-point .sx And Sir Kenneth Diplock , who has ridden in it- and lost- as a Q.C. , will be taking part for the first time as a High Court judge .sx His wife views the undertaking with some trepidation .sx At their home in the Temple last night she told me :sx " Circuit is getting old and though my husband rides him every week with the Cottesmore Hunt I do hope he will not ride him next month .sx " I don't want him to get hurt again .sx " But no doubt Lady Diplock recalls an accident in 1957 when her husband's horse fell and he was badly thrown .sx His arm was broken and later he presided at the Old Bailey with his arm in a sling , hidden under his robes .sx Actually , for any young barrister who wants to have a few modest shillings on the judge , I am told he is a brilliant rider .sx He will be racing against five barristers .sx NEW ZEALAND'S greatest fighter ace , Group Captain Alan ( Lucky ) Deere , who destroyed 21 enemy aircraft during the war , has been appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen in place of Group Captain H. E. Brufton , who is retiring from the R.A.F. Deere , who is 43 and married with two children , is at present Deputy Director of Personnel ( Air ) at the Air Ministry .sx WORK AGAIN .sx CHARMIAN SCOTT , 18-year-old niece of the Duchess of Gloucester , returned to modelling yesterday for the first time since the car accident that put her in hospital four weeks ago .sx A fast disappearing scar on her left leg , and a slightly discoloured eye- well-camouflaged by make-up- were the only visible reminders of the accident , which occurred when a car in which she was travelling overturned at Hyde Park Corner .sx " I still have one or two other bruises , " said Miss Scott , " but fortunately they can't be seen by the public .sx " She was appearing in a fashion show put on by a Piccadilly firm in a Park-lane hotel .sx Among those watching her were her mother , Lady George Scott , and her elder sister , Georgina , who is a sales-girl for the firm .sx Georgina does not envy her sister's much photographed fame .sx " I'm honest with myself , " she said with a smile .sx " I know perfectly well that I haven't got the shape for modelling .sx So I just sell the clothes she models .sx " SEPARATE .sx THE German Ambassador , Dr. Hans von Herwarth , has left London to go ski-ing in the Italian Alps .sx His wife left on the same day for winter sports in Southern Germany and the Tyrol .sx Said a spokesman for the ambassador yesterday :sx " They usually take their winter holidays separately .sx No special significance in that .sx " The ambassador seems to prefer Italy to Austria .sx I suppose it is just one of those things .sx " Pioneering spirit is still there .sx DOROTHY , LADY BRUNTISFIELD , who left England to farm in Kenya 10 years ago , has returned to this country .sx She has bought a house in Belgravia , and hopes to move in after Easter .sx When she left England in 1951 she said that Kenya was " a country of freedom , wonderful climate and no restrictions .sx " She remained on her farm- a lone white woman- throughout the Mau Mau troubles .sx " I was frightened , of course- who wouldn't be ?sx - but there was something worth fighting for , " she told me yesterday .sx " Things are different now .sx We have been let down .sx And with all these African politicians making trouble it might blow up into another Congo any day .sx " Lady Bruntisfield- first wife of Lord Bruntisfield- sold everything before leaving Kenya .sx Lady Bruntisfield , in her late fifties , still retains the pioneering spirit .sx " I find building a new home again rather exciting .sx It's a challenge you know .sx And I like a challenge .sx " DRAWBACK .sx KATHARINE WORSLEY , the Duke of Kent's fiance@2e , made her first public appearance with the Queen in a theatre outing last night .sx And unwittingly , poor girl , she committed a minor social sin .sx Her deep red dress , I'm told by the women with an eye for these things , clashed with the Queen's black and plum sequined dress .sx She also discovered one of the drawbacks of royal protocol :sx she wasn't able to sit with her fiance@2 .sx The Duchess of Kent sat between them .sx Also in the party were Prince Philip and Princess Alexandra .sx The play at the Vaudeville Theatre ?sx Appropriately " The Bride Comes Back .sx " OLD BOYS .sx ONE of London's odder reunions took place last night .sx Herr Reinhold Eggers , a former German schoolmaster who was the security officer at Colditz Castle , the camp for important prisoners of war , met up with some of his " old boys .sx " He had dinner with Group Captain Douglas Bader at his London mews house .sx " I had tea occasionally with him at Colditz , " said Herr Eggers urbanely .sx " I always admired his spirit .sx " Earlier I had joined him and Pat Reid , the British escape officer at Colditz , for a drink in a Knightsbridge pub .sx Herr Eggers has a sense of humour but has never , apparently , lost his schoolmasterly sense of pained surprise that his " boys " did not abide by the rules .sx " Now Reid , " he said , " was one of my biggest headaches .sx When he escaped I was hauled over the coals and almost wished I had escaped with him .sx " The habit of Reid's which Eggers found most infuriating was when he sat in his punishment cell blowing derisive blasts of his trumpet during roll call .sx " I can't understand Lord Harewood's interest in music after Reid's performance .sx " The Earl of Harewood was another of his prisoners .sx " A splendid fellow , " said Eggers .sx COOKING .sx PRETTY 24-year-old Vanessa Marsh , whose father , Mr. Marcus Marsh , trained horses for the late Aga Khan , has deserted the heaths of Newmarket for the kitchens of the officers' club at Catterick Camp .sx She lives in as a +6 10s-a-week assistant cook , preparing lunch and dinner for the officers .sx Vanessa , who two years ago was to be seen dancing with Mr. Martin Parsons , half-brother of Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones , tells me :sx " I got tired of riding horses and wanted a change .sx And I'd taken a cookery course .sx " LANDLORD .sx FROM the juke box Elvis Presley throbbed " Are You Lonesome Tonight ?sx " And on the table-tennis table the portly gentleman in baggy tweeds finished his game with an adroit smash which landed the ball smack in the face of his 16-year-old shop-assistant opponent .sx The Duke of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of England , in slightly unaccustomed surroundings , was opening a new coffee bar at the Arundel youth club last night .sx The club has 80 members and two rules :sx no credit and no obscene language .sx And since the duke is the landlord of the building ( rent 1s .sx a year ) he was the obvious choice as guest of honour .sx The duke obviously enjoyed his table tennis " We have a table at the castle and I play with the " ) , but Presley left him unimpressed .sx " I am a bit old , " he explained almost apologetically , " for that sort of thing .sx " Princess's new house gets +70,000 refit .sx THAT'S an end to all those rumours about jobs in the Commonwealth for Princess Margaret and Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones .sx After all , no one- not even the Ministry of Works- spends +70,000 on doing up a house if the occupiers are about to go abroad for a few years .sx It is clear that the Princess and her husband are settling down in London and for this purpose 1a , Kensington Palace ( above ) is well suited .sx The house , in the south wing of Clock Court , is one of Sir Christopher Wren's finest examples of domestic architecture .sx It was built about 1690 .sx The front door leads out into the court , giving the couple far more privacy than they have at No .sx 10 .sx It will take 18 months to put No .sx 1a in habitable order .sx It suffers from bomb damage , dry rot , bad plumbing , and inefficient heating .sx The money to be spent on Princess Margaret's new home is only a fraction of a +360,000 plan to give the Royal Family and their staffs up-to-date accommodation .sx William Hickey .sx Now young Mr. Clore heads for the top .sx MR. CHARLES CLORE , The Whitechapel tailor's son who , by his own ability , has become Britain's best-known man of property , seems to have passed some of his own brilliance on to his son .sx At an age when most schoolboys are merely preparing for the G.C.E. , 16-year-old Alan Evelyn Clore has been accepted for Lincoln College , Oxford .sx A fairly remarkable achievement , but I am told that young Clore has a very lively mind .sx His school friends at Le Rosay School in Switzerland ( the old boys include the Duke of Kent , the Shah of Persia , and the Aga Khan ) describe him as a very likeable lad .sx He has been admitted to Lincoln College without taking an examination because , I am told , his school work was so outstanding .sx A spokesman for the college says :sx " He has been accepted as a Commoner for the academic year beginning in 1962 .sx " Mr. Clore adds the information , proud as any parent would be , that his son will study philosophy , politics , and economics .sx After taking his degree he will read for the Bar .sx Mr. Clore's marriage to his French-born wife Francine was dissolved in 1957 .sx Their two children Alan and his sister Vivien , who is two years younger , were made wards of court in the previous year .sx There have been suggestions recently of a reconciliation .sx Mrs. Clore , who lives in Paris , is at the moment staying in London .sx But Mr. Clore describes the stories as " a lot of nonsense .sx " And his ex-wife tells me her visit is to shop and see her doctor and dentist .sx FLYING OUT .sx NINE-YEAR-OLD Christina Onassis , daughter of Mr. Aristotle Onassis and his ex-wife Mme .sx Tina Livanos , left England for Paris yesterday after a few days in Oxford where she has been visiting her mother , who is in hospital recovering from a ski-ing accident .sx Christina was driven from Oxford to London Airport in a grey Jaguar- accompanied by her nanny , Miss Lehane .sx At the airport they went aboard the aircraft an hour before the other passengers .sx WANTED :sx A STAR .sx MADAME LILY PAYLING , the Australian contralto who many times packed the Royal Albert Hall before the war , is looking for a British singer to make into a star .sx Mme .sx Payling , who now teaches in London , started the Payling Musical Society after the war .sx Through it she encouraged many an unknown singer from obscurity to concert status .sx Qualifications required , apart from a good voice ?sx " Patience and a lot of hard work , " she said last night .sx GOLF BARGAIN .sx IT is an object lesson in the concessions one has to make after marriage .sx Former Wimbledon champion Budge Patty marries on April 5 in Switzerland when some of his London friends will be flying out there .sx At 36 he is giving up full-time tennis , but fears that he will still be too good to be given a game by his wife .sx And his 26-year-old fiance@2e Macina Sfezzo who has lived most of her life in Switzerland is an expert skier- far better than Patty is likely to become now .sx So they have struck a bargain .sx Both have started to play golf .sx Patty got the idea when he was given a set of clubs for a wedding present .sx To his surprise he has discovered that although he plays tennis right-handed he plays golf left-handed .sx Cavanagh designs for Katharine .sx JOHN CAVANAGH , the crinkle-faced Irishman who started his career " picking up pins in a Paris salon " and is now London's leading couturier , has been chosen by Katharine Worsley to design her wedding-dress of the year for her marriage to the Duke of Kent .sx Said Cavanagh , 46 and for years the favourite designer of Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Kent :sx " This is one of the most thrilling things that has happened to me since my shop opened nine years ago .sx " Mr. Cavanagh has already met Miss Worsley at Kensington Palace to talk over ideas .sx