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.”

The Twins had booked a honeymoon suite in an Edinburgh hotel. Could they just he shopping in Europe, here to watch the Cup Final, holding A lavish party in swinging London or trying to sell rich Rod's Windsor Mansion?

In the national papers, it went unrecorded that Rod Stewart had also released his seventh solo album, A Night On The Town. And that an important reason for his visit to Britain was topromote the elpee and form a new band to tour here later this year.

Did it escape Rod's attention too?