After his alleged affair with Rebecca Loos in 2004, the Beckhams escaped to the ski resort of Courchevel, packing matching ski outfits and their favourite paparazzo. Victoria's is clinging on to him so tightly that he looks as if he might pass out. Even more deranged pictures showed him giving Posh a piggyback.
Did it last? Four years on, they are still together Photograph: Robert Pratta/Reuters
For the king of all "we're really happy, honest" photocalls, the then Tory heritage minister not only dragged out poor wife Judith but also his two young children, and his parents-in-law.
Did it last? Two years later, Mellor admitted an affair with another woman and left his long-suffering wife for Lady Penelope Cobham, a former adviser Photograph: Tim Ockenden/Press Association
"I have a very happy marriage," Ann Parkinson said, after news broke that her husband, Cecil, was expecting a child with his secretary, Sara Keays, in 1983.
Did it last? Ann Parkinson stayed with her husband. Earlier this month, Keays told the Daily Mail that Parkinson never acknowledged the existence of his daughter, Flora, who is now 25 Photograph: Press Association
In 1992, after the affair with his secretary that gave us the Sun headline "Paddy Pantsdown", the then Lib Dem leader appeared on the steps of his London home hugging his wife, Jane. "If it hadn't been for her calm centre I would have become unanchored and got into all sorts of trouble," Ashdown wrote years later.
Did it last? They stayed together and have now been married for 46 years Photograph: Michael Stephens/Press Association
Amid rumours in August 1995 that the former England rugby captain was having a relationship with Princess Diana, Will Carling issued a statement saying his "acquaintance" with the princess "has not in any way affected the priority I have always given to Julia". Julia Carling said Diana "had picked on the wrong couple".
Did it last? A month later, they announced their separation Photograph: Rex Features
