Colleen Rooney's mother, was looking just as glamorous as her daughter at Aintree

Holiday tan glowing, a white cape fluttering around her shoulders and glittery shoes on her feet, Coleen Rooney — the wife of £260,000-a-week footballer Wayne — should have grabbed all the attention at her 30th birthday celebration.

But Coleen had to share the spotlight last weekend with two guests who managed to eclipse the birthday girl: her mum, Colette McLoughlin, and her mother-in-law, Jeanette Rooney, who were dolled up to the nines for the party, held in an upmarket American restaurant in Cheshire.

Colette, 53, wore a £460 white dress by designer Malene Birger, with a £725 gold clutch bag by Yves Saint Laurent and matching £625 sandals, while Jeanette, 48, donned a slinky black lace number.

Colette McLoughlin, Colleen Rooney's mother, was looking just as glamorous as her daughter at Aintree

Colleen, wife of of £260,000-a-week footballer Wayne, pictured at Aintree, has got used to stealing the limelight

But at Colleen's 30th, mother-in-law Jeanette, 48, left, in a slinky black lace number, while mum Colette, 53, right, wearing a £460 white dress by designer Malene Birger, managed to eclipse the birthday girl

Ever since Wayne, 30, the Manchester United captain, proposed to Coleen on a petrol station forecourt in 2003, their mothers have been in the public eye.

As the couple’s star has risen (along with Wayne’s salary), the lives of Colette and Jeanette have been transformed.

From lavish shopping trips to glitzy nights out, holidays by private jet and dramatic makeovers, things couldn’t be more different for the women who brought up their families on the same council estate in the roughest part of Liverpool.

But Colette and Jeanette haven’t always seen eye to eye. In fact, at one of the families’ earliest meetings — Coleen’s 18th birthday party in 2004 — a fight between relatives got out of hand and police were called.

We put Britain’s most high-profile mothers-in-law head to head . . .

IMAGE AWARE

Colette, like her daughter, has always cared about her appearance and often accompanies Coleen on trips to Barbara Daley, a chic hair and beauty salon in Liverpool, where the price of a cut and blow dry starts at £52.

Colette is rarely seen without full make-up and she and Coleen share that iconic Liverpudlian beauty staple: luxuriant ‘Scouse brows’.

Jeanette, meanwhile, seems to be less obviously concerned with her image — but don’t let that fool you.

After an unflattering photo in 2003, Jeanette (left) lost seven stone - while Colette (right) is rarely seen without full make up

After an unflattering photograph of her on the beach in Mexico in 2003 prompted jibes about her weight, Jeanette shed an incredible 7 st and overhauled her look.

Her appearance at Coleen’s hen party in 2008, wearing a shimmering turquoise dress, stole the show from the bride-to-be.

At the time, eminent plastic surgeon Alex Karidis suggested she may have had a gastric band fitted to have lost so much weight in such a short space of time.

Indeed, a Manchester United insider said: ‘It was a remarkable transformation. People wondered if she’d done more than just change her diet.’

Since then, Jeanette has had her locks cut short and dyed platinum.

DESIGNER TOGS

Colette rules the style stakes — though Jeanette isn’t averse to splashing out on her wardrobe.

Both own a black quilted Chanel bag (£4,090), which they carry at every opportunity. Colette alternates hers with other expensive totes, including a £1,155 black Balenciaga handbag and a £1,590 YSL design from Harrods.

She also has an impressive shoe collection, including two pairs of £625 peep-toe Louboutins, in black and nude, which she wears to the races.

Shoppers at Liverpool’s upmarket boutique Cricket, a favourite of footballers’ wives and local celebrities, and nearby Harvey Nichols often spot Colette laden with bags after a shopping spree.

But it’s only thanks to her generous daughter that she’s able to indulge.

‘Colette isn’t flashy or showy,’ says a friend.

‘Coleen gives her clothes as gifts and will bring her to appointments at her favourite salon — that’s why you always see them there together.’

MARITAL BLISS

Both mothers are happily married: Jeanette to Wayne Snr, her husband of 29 years, and Colette to Tony, whom she married in 1980.

Wayne Snr is a former boxer who runs a local boxing club, while former bricklayer Tony is a care worker at children’s hospice Claire House.

Their weddings were modest affairs; nothing compared with Wayne and Coleen’s £5 million A-list nuptials on the Italian Riviera.

Jeanette Morrey and Wayne Snr were married at Liverpool Register Office after they found out that Jeanette was pregnant with their second child, son Graham.

The low-key ceremony was followed by a reception at a pub, with a buffet of sausage rolls, sandwiches and chicken in a basket. They couldn’t afford a honeymoon and spent their wedding night at their three-bedroom council house with 17-month-old son Wayne.

Seven years earlier, 18-year-old Colette Frith had married Tony McLoughlin, 21, at a church in the Liverpool docks area, and held their reception at Tony’s father’s pub.

The pair, strict Catholics who attend church every week, spent their wedding night in a nearby hotel.

Coleen, born in 1986, was followed by two sons — Joe, 27, and Anthony, 26 — and the couple then adopted Rosie, their severely disabled daughter, who died, aged 14, in 2013.

Jeanette has two younger sons — Graham, 28, and John, 25, who are footballers for lower-league teams.

Both sets of parents used to live in two-up, two-down council houses in Croxteth. This one used to be Coleen's mother's house

Colleen's parents Tony and Colette upsized in 2006 to a £675,000 detached house in an affluent part of Merseyside, complete with four en-suite bedrooms, four reception rooms, in-built CCTV and electronic gates

HOME COMFORTS

Thanks to the generosity of Wayne and Coleen, their parents have moved from their former two-up, two-down council houses in Croxteth, the rundown area of Liverpool where they brought up their families.

Tony and Colette upsized in 2006 to a £675,000 detached house in an affluent part of Merseyside, complete with four en-suite bedrooms, four reception rooms, in-built CCTV and electronic gates.

Colette is well known to her neighbours there, who describe her as ‘down to earth’. ‘She’s really glam, and every time I’ve seen her she has looked lovely,’ one neighbour told the Mail. ‘She really takes care of her appearance.

‘My husband spoke to her not long ago and she managed to get his football shirt signed by Wayne.’

Jeanette lives in West Derby in a detached house that was bought by Wayne for £450,000. Less opulent than the McLoughlins’ home, it has three reception rooms, two bathrooms and a pretty garden.

A neighbour told the Mail: ‘Jeanette is a very private person, but she’s ever so friendly. I don’t think she’s let Wayne’s success go to her head.’

WORKING WOMEN

Jeanette is a dinner lady at the De La Salle Academy in Liverpool, the school attended by her three sons and Coleen.

She’s had the same job since before Wayne was famous, and vowed in 2004 never to give up work, despite her son’s wealth, because she loved it so much.

She was briefly signed off on sick leave a year later, after revelations about Wayne’s liaisons with prostitutes caused her to suffer stress, but was soon back in the dining hall, where she remains today.

Colette, a former nursery nurse, gave up work to care for disabled daughter Rosie and now spends much of her time looking after her grandsons, Kai, Klay and Kit.

Colette is a director of Speed 9849, the business that handles Coleen’s clothing and jewellery ranges. With her mother at the helm, Coleen made £690,000 last year, according to Companies House.

This is Wayne Rooney's old home, in Croxteth, which was given a make over when he played for Everton

Jeanette lives in West Derby in a detached house that was bought by Wayne for £450,000

EXOTIC HOLIDAYS

There’s nothing Coleen and Wayne like more than jetting off on holiday — and where they go, Colette usually goes, too.

Cyprus, Portugal, Barbados and Dubai are just some of the idyllic destinations the family have flown to in recent months.

If nothing else, Colette and Tony are needed to help carry the bags — Coleen has been known to bring 18 suitcases for a single trip.

Wayne and Coleen own a £5 million holiday home on the Caribbean island of Barbados. It boasts an infinity pool and six bedrooms, so there’s more than enough room for Colette to stay, too.

Elsewhere, however, it’s pricier to bring your mum: another favourite of the Rooneys, the five-star Conrad Hotel in the Algarve has lavish suites at £1,200 a night.

Luckily, Jeanette doesn’t seem as interested in going abroad with her wealthy son and his family.

A source explains: ‘It may be that those photographs in Mexico put her off, but she’s not interested in being followed by photographers trying to get a picture of her in a bikini.’

Jeanette is still a dinner lady at the De La Salle Academy in Liverpool, the school attended by Wayne.., pictured, his two brothers and Coleen. she has vowed never to give up work

PARTY ANIMALS

Jeanette is the more private of the two. She’s admitted she often cries when her son triumphs on the pitch, which may explain her desire to keep a low profile, even when attending his matches.

Colette, often spotted on girls’ nights out with her daughter, is quite the opposite.

A family friend told the Mail that Colette is a regular on Cheshire’s social scene: ‘She really enjoys the big posh dinners, especially the ones for charity.’

She’s also a fan of awards ceremonies, frequently escorting her daughter when Wayne can’t make it.

A guest at the 2010 Pride of Britain awards remembers: ‘Coleen was quite cool, but her mum seemed very pleased to be around so many celebrities. She seemed to be in her element and was schmoozing everyone in the room.’

Colette enjoys a drink but knows her limits, while Jeanette has been known to over-indulge.

At Coleen’s 18th birthday party in 2004, at the swish Devonshire House Hotel in Liverpool, guests described her as ‘rolling drunk’ by 8.30pm.

‘She was dancing with one of the players and had her hands all over him,’ one witness said. ‘It was all in good fun. But if it had been my mum I’d have been horribly embarrassed. All three of her boys told her to stop drinking.’

Later on, Jeanette was said to have tried to stop Colette from wading into a row between members of the two wider families.

While it is not known what sparked it, Colette was heard yelling: ‘You’ve ruined my daughter’s night. Your family have caused this.’

There’s nothing Coleen and Wayne like more than jetting off on holiday — and where they go, Colette usually goes, too. Pictured: Coleen watches from the shoreline as eldest son Kai enjoys a jetski ride in Barbados

FAMILY MATTERS

While Wayne and Coleen have a good relationship with Jeanette, it’s fair to say they have a far closer bond with Colette.

Neighbours in Croxteth say this was apparent several years ago, when the young couple would spend far more time with the McLoughlins than the Rooneys.

Colette helped her daughter through the 2010 saga, when Wayne’s indiscretions with a £1,200-a-night prostitute were exposed by a red-top newspaper.

While Tony McLoughlin allegedly wanted his daughter to leave her superstar husband, it was Colette who encouraged her to work through their problems.

Coleen takes her children to her parents’ home every Saturday afternoon, and on Sundays Colette can be found at her daughter’s house, cooking a roast in the Rooneys’ £150,000 kitchen. When Wayne is away training or at a match, the two women spend their evenings together watching TV.

Though Coleen gets on well with Jeanette, her relationship with her mother-in-law isn’t exactly chummy.

‘There’s no antipathy — they’re just not as close,’ a source says.