The Glamour Twins were simply passing through, pausing at London Heathrow airport en route to Paris, from Los Angeles. Still the newshounds contrived to be. close at heel, sniffing out The Latest Sensational.

The following morning there was a spectacularly bud fanfare of “controversial" publicity to add intrigue to the already excited speculative gossip which had preceded their arrival. The Daily Mirror reported: “Grim-looking rock star Rod Stewart strides into Britain with his girlfriend Britt Ekland—and an apparent determination to stay single.”