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They returned to England amid promises of divorce, organising visas and money for their young lovers - only to find that the moment they left for the airport they could never get hold of the men again.

"There were lots of promises made then, but we soon learned our lesson," Jill confides. "Now we come just for some fun. We are very careful and we see it as two weeks out of our lives for a bit of romance. It's not harming anyone."

While Jill, who runs a small hairdressing salon, is now divorced, Pippa remains married, so this is questionable.

By way of defence, Pippa, who works in IT, reveals that her husband of 25 years had an affair in the early 1990s. "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," she says. "Anyway, what he doesn't know can't hurt him."

Tellingly, while both Jill and Pippa agree there is an 'economic element' to their liaisons in Jamaica, both were horrified to have it defined as barely-concealed prostitution, preferring instead to see their antics as 'helping' the local economy.

"We have fun - and if it helps the locals out financially, then where's the problem?" Jill says.

It is a depressing and ridiculous self-deception, and no doubt their children, both in their early 20s, would see it another way. (Not that they know - they apparently remain blissfully oblivious to their mothers' antics.)

Certainly, one imagines they would probably find Jill's assertion that she is 'helping race relations' rather risible.