Elle MacPhersonElle Macpherson’s new boyfriend John Hitchcox has confirmed that they are officially now a couple, after denying earlier rumours that they were involved.

Property tycoon John has revealed: “It started as a friendship and then we had a long courtship but now we are an item.”

“We are taking it slowly and trying to be normal.”

“We were originally introduced by a mutual friend years ago but it is only in the last months we have become close.”