Back then, it was still widely supposed that every girl's dream was to marry a handsome prince and live happily ever after in a Tyrolean castle attended upon by mice and dressed each morning by bluebirds.
What was it that persuaded him to leave his handsome home in Barcelona, where he has lived and prospered in business since retiring as a player, to risk all in Lanarkshire?
He is handsome, relaxed, basking in the moment.
In probing the pressures of expectation and prevailing scepticism in the British arts scene, Leigh has made a film about as self-reflective (and self-reflexive) as handsome heritage cinema can be.
And she also came across David Cameron at a "gorgeous Gloucestershire party", writing that "in the flesh I found him amazingly attractive – tall, dark and definitely handsome".
Swinney said: The reason we need more economic powers is to better respond to that, and to deliver the type of opportunities the people of Scotland asked of us when they gave us such a handsome mandate in the election yesterday.
Almost like Manchester or Brussels: a handsome town built on graft and good business.
Lyon is a handsome city, with a pleasant medieval quarter.
Although trivial, I believe my experience clearly illustrates how financial organisations like NatWest have exploited the hard-working, responsible earner; abused the trust that was placed in them; creamed off the handsome profits that came as a result of their irresponsible lending; and now try to make themselves out to be "responsible" at the expense of the people who have fed them.
Dressed in the seasons crisp grey suit and black wool polo-neck, with floppy centre-parted hair, he looks like a refugee from Boyzone, sleek and notably handsome.
Handsome, young, ethnic and severely conservative in a swing state, he could have done nothing and always had an important role as a party leader, if for nothing more than all those moments when they needed a face and name that said No, we're not racist.
