It could be called the curse of Patsy Kensit. Her three husbands all saw their fortunes falter after taking up with the blonde actress. Now former lover Ally McCoist may also pay the price.

Patsy was delighted and relieved to know that her great-grandfather had an honourable trade as a walking stick finisher. She wanted to know more about him. The only information we had to go on was ...

A pattern seemed to be emerging in Patsy's family. Just as criminal activity seemed to colour the first two generations of the Kensit line, a family trade of walking stick making and finishing ...

Patsy's late father was a villain. Jimmy Kensit was deeply involved with the most notorious gangsters of 1960s London: the Krays and the Richardsons. Reggie Kray was even godfather to Patsy's brother.