Duran Duran, my life ♥

The British TV personality Paula Yates came down to film a special episode of The Tube with us for Channel Four. One unexpected guest who arrived around about the same time was the model who’d been crowned Miss UK at the time. Needless to say she was gorgeous, and it was hilarious to see the effect she had on Simon and John. Suddendly they were both running around like lapdogs after her. “Can I get you a drink? Would you like to go for a swim?” they would ask. I can remember sitting inside the château with Tracey, watching them together in the pool as they swam up and down trying to impress her. Occasionally Simon and John would exchange a dark look with each other as if to say “Go away, she’s mine”. At one point they temporarily abandoned the hunt and came back inside the house. Then John came out and sat back by the pool with her.
“The bastard!” said Simon as he spied him out of the window, before running back down to the pool. This went on like a real life sitcom all afternoon. The irony was that neither of them had a hope in hell as Miss UK wasn’t in the last bit interested in them!