o the serial victim of amorous bastardry, he’s the elusive, dashing and trustworthy suitor who must exist but refuses to come into her life and restore her faith in mankind. To those who grew up in the New Romantics era, he’s a war-painted, chandelier-swinging Regency dandy with a fairy godmother portrayed by Diana Dors.* To those trying to convince their young grandchildren that Disney’s post-war.
