Queen of Everything Cheryl Cole turns 26 this week - which gave us just the excuse we needed to dig out some of our favourite snaps of the pop princess/X Factor judge/wonder-Wag. And after much oohing and aahing, we’ve managed to narrow it down to just 18 pics (yep, it’s a tough job - but someone has to do it)…

So sit back, relax and enjoy our trawl through the Life of Cheryl…

by Jane Murphy

Pictures: Wenn, Big Pictures