One of the world's biggest rock stars appeared at Cardiff Castle last night and made very little noise about it.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page turned up at a low key ceremony at the city centre landmark to celebrate the launch of a new book, for which he penned the foreword.
Written by his friend Matthew Williams, the castle's recently retired curator of some 30 years, 'Cardiff Castle and the Marquesses of Bute' traces the transformation of the South Wales landmark across 250 years of history, honouring what is now one of the most iconic and popular buildings in Wales.
The Whole Lotta Love star attended the bash because, like Williams, he's a fan of 19th century architect William Burges, the man who not only designed both Cardiff Castle and nearby Castell Coch but also built the Grade I-listed London town house in which Page lives.
Described as one of Britain's finest examples of the French Gothic revival style, the grand Holland Park address has been home to the 75-year-old star since 1972.
Page was also presented with a print of the capital's castle during his visit - a trip that continued the rocker's already long-standing links with Wales.
Indeed, much of the 1970 Led Zeppelin III album was written during the group's stay at the ramshackle Bron-Yr-Aur cottage near Machynlleth.
The hidden-away Snowdonia property was owned at the time by Led Zep singer Robert Plant’s family as a holiday home and became the unlikely venue where the seminal rock anthem Stairway To Heaven was penned.
The house was also immortalised in the track Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, although the band accidentally misspelled its name in the process.
Page hit the headlines more recently when a bitter five-year planning row broke out between him and his celebrity neighbour Robbie Williams.
The pair became embroiled in a heated argument over the former Take That singer's intentions to build an underground swimming pool and gym at his adjacent Grade II-listed home - the vibrations from which Page claimed would damage his own property.
But the dispute now seems to have been finally quelled by the local council after it was agreed any proposed work would be monitored to detect potential ground movement.
