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Express goes to Houston for affairs of the heart

Whitney Houston ... The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston: similar to Alan Johnson's wife (apparently). Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Tasked with recalling a list of high-profile affairs involving a public figure and his or her bodyguard, the instances don't exactly come thick and fast as today's Daily Express proves. Topically, there's Alan Johnson and his wife, and princess Stéphanie of Monaco if we're really scraping the barrel. But who best to illustrate the "risky attraction between protectors and clients"? Why, Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner in the 90s smash The Bodyguard, of course. If fact fails you, go fiction.

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