EVEN AT 56 I STILL GET SCHOOLGIRL CRUSHES

Susannah Constantine Real age: 56. Spirit age: 16.

SO, CHRISTIE Brinkley jokes that she’s turning 50 for the 15th time, declaring her spirit age is far younger than her 65 years. Why has she chosen an age that is ten years older than she looks?

When it comes to how I feel, I’d put it at somewhere around 16. I still get schoolgirl crushes and it would be wonderful to have no responsibilities. Often, I see myself in my children and it makes me laugh when I tell them to behave or grow up, when inside I’m wanting to do exactly the same as them, despite the statins, hot flushes and insomnia.

I yearn to eat rubbish as often as I like without pumping up the cholesterol levels. I’d love to be able to sleep until noon. It would be heaven to have a night on the tiles and not look like stale bread the next morning.

Sadly, at the ripe old age of 56, it would be unwise to live my spiritual age because it could take me to an early grave.