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Penelope Tree looks back: ‘I like to live a life that doesn’t depend on image or possessions’


The model on London in the 60s, her relationship with David Bailey, and how Buddhism changed her

The thing was, Bailey was married [to Catherine Deneuve] and an affair was a really big deal back then, so I tried to switch off my feelings. He and I went for lunch at La Trattoria Terrazza in Soho with a mutual friend, and it was very awkward to have all that energy between us witnessed by a third person. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend.

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