She has long entranced generations of men, not least all five of her husbands, but it is Dame Joan Collins‘ tempestuous 13-year relationship with Old Etonian art dealer Robin Hurlstone that many remember.
It will be sorrowful then for her to learn, as I can disclose, that his family has revealed he died ‘peacefully in London’ on Monday and was ‘loved by all who knew him’.
Indeed, Dame Joan and Robin remained friends after their split in 2001 and were pictured together in Saint-Tropez in 2008.
In her memoirs, Dame Joan recalled his formidable eye for aesthetics and sharp tongue.
She wrote: ‘Robin considered himself an
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