WANTED: WIFE

Must be a good ballroom dancer, able to fire a gun and definitely not over 59

- BY FILIPA GASPAR

AN eccentric aristocrat is on the hunt for a bride who must be a good ballroom dancer - and a crack shot.

Sir Benjamin Slade, 79, says his new wife also needs to be at least 20 years younger than him and a "good breeder". In return, the new Lady Slade will be paid £50,000-a-year to help run his 1,300-acre estate.

Sir Benjamin also stipulates that she must not be a Scorpio, use drugs or be an alcoholic.

A baronet descended from Charles II, he also stipulates that any wife cannot come from countries beginning with 'I' who have green in their flag.