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But there is something else about Burke which makes this interesting: he is only 20. Moss will celebrate her 32nd birthday in a few days' time. She may not have been looking for it but, in getting herself on the right track, it seems Moss is following the example set by a growing number of older women who are dating men around a decade their junior.

Earlier this year, Demi Moore, 41, married Ashton Kutcher, 27. Next year, Sheryl Crow, 43, will marry the seven-times winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, 34. And this Christmas, Madonna, 47, celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary with Guy Ritchie, who is ten years her junior.

It's not just a red-carpet trend, either. According to the Office for National Statistics, in 25 per cent of UK marriages the bride is now older than the groom. In ten per cent, the woman is more than five years older than her husband - a figure which has doubled in the last 20 years.

There is much you could say about women who fancy younger men but, for what it's worth, most involved agree it's not an issue. When quizzed about his new wife, Kutcher pointed out that most critics wouldn't bat an eyelid if the roles were reversed: the point being that older men have been seducing much younger women for centuries and continue to do so. And Susan Sarandon insists the 12-year gap between herself and actor husband Tim Robbins merely stimulates their relationship.