Iain Maciver writes …

So spare a thought for a fellow islander over in Uig on Lewis.  Mark Miller Mundy is said to have been asked whether his 23-year-old daughter Molly, shown here, has indeed been having an affair with Sir Mick Jagger, age 65, of the sometime popular beat combo, the Rolling Stones. And the proud father is said to have replied: “I’m just glad it’s not Paul McCartney.”

Molly is quite a girl about town being seen at all the best parties around Chelsea and is one of Prince Harry’s set. An acquaintance breathlessly told the Sunday Telegraph how she gets on well with older chaps. Yes, well.

It is now being suggested by friends that was just a joke on the part of the former record producer turned photographer turned house-builder. Being in Valtos, I popped in to say hullo and ask if it was just a quip. He decided he wasn’t going to talk about Molly, Mick or Mark - not at the moment, anyway.

You can understand why. If it was just a joke, maybe it has gone too far. He will be wondering whether he should say anything in case it makes the publicity even worse. But it may all be true and he may not approve. Mark is only 59 himself. What should he say - other than: “I’m glad it’s not Ronnie Wood.”

Not the easiest situation to be in, possibly. Then again, the doting daddy could just contact this blog right here and I will make sure he gets his views out there in precisely his own words. Go on, Mark. You know you want to.