You'd never guess she'd been part of royal life

KILLER royal aide Jane Andrews has a new life helping sick animals.

-  PHIL CARDY

Our snaps show Andrews, now 57, shuffling to work in a blue uniform.

It is a far cry from her once-glittering life rubbing shoulders with VIPs when she was the Duchess of York's dresser.

One local said: "You'd never guess she'd been a key part of royal life." The pictures come as an ITV drama about her story is in the pipeline.

Andrews, then 33, beat her wealthy boyfriend Tom Cressman in bed with a cricket bat and plunged a kitchen knife into his chest.

Her 2001 trial heard she flew into a rage at their flat in Fulham, West London, after Tom, 39, refused to marry her and ended their relationship.

Now released from her life sentence, Andrews is working for a charityfunded animal hospital.

GRIEF

Approached near her home, she declined to comment.

But last night Tom's brother Rick said his killer had been able to carry on with her life while her victim's family remains consumed with grief.

When asked about her charity work, hotelier Rick told us: "I can never be sympathetic.

"She's served her sentence. I can only say she has a life to continue with but the sentence for me and my family continues for the rest of our lives."