How my date with a Beatle was nearly wrecked by screaming teenage girls, writes HAYLEY ...
Much to my embarrassment — but also secret delight — it was thanks to my mother that I dated a Beatle at 17.
The occasion was a big charity night for the Red Cross and I had been invited — with my parents, of course — to go down to the house of actor Richard Todd (of The Dam Busters fame) in Henley, Oxfordshire, where he was hosting a reception party.
It was one of those old-fashioned charity events where film stars and celebrities turn up to attend a premiere or a first night and raise money for a good cause.
On this occasion my mother decided that her daughter needed an escort — and that my escort should be George Harrison.
I nearly choked on my tea when she said she'd fix it. 'What?! Are you serious?' I gasped. 'You can't just call George Harrison up out of the blue and say: "Hey, George, do you wanna take my daughter out!"'
Source: Hayley Mills/dailymail.co.uk
