Chelsea suffers after night out

Chelsea Clinton had to be helped out of a top nightclub by her boyfriend after an evening on the town.

American Ian Klaus, 22, was forced to support the daughter of ex-President Bill Clinton to prevent her falling on to the pavement outside the Embassy in Mayfair.

Miss Clinton, also 22, who is studying for a master's degree in international relations at Oxford University, left the club with a coat over her head to spare her blushes.

Before leaving, she had to make two or three dashes to the lavatory. She was helped into a car by friends, but once inside slumped across her boyfriend's lap.

A clubgoer said: "Chelsea couldn't even speak or stand. She nearly fell over and didn't know what was going on. She appeared to be drunk and her friends had to run to get a car for her. They had to pull her legs to get her inside."

The night had begun in the trendy Met Bar with a bout of heavy drinking. When the couple left that bar, they were seen by onlookers in a passionate embrace.

It was a far cry from Miss Clinton's first few months at Oxford, when she was said to have stayed in with friends at night drinking coffee.

Mr Klaus, a Rhodes scholar who is studying history at Jesus College, Oxford, comes from one of California's wealthiest families.

He helped to boost Miss Clinton's confidence when she started to miss home and feel vulnerable following the 11 September attacks.