If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in residential homes wander free.

The only difference was that they were on different record labels. Her father David Birkin was a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and World War II spy.

Jane Mallory Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English actress and singer who lives in France. She is perhaps best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s.