Elizabeth Hurley: forget Sex and the City, the country is far sexier

Elizabeth Hurley has said she thinks it’s sexier in the countryside than in the city.

The model turned swimwear designer and her husband Arun Nayer have home in London and in Jodhpur in Arun’s native India, but she told Tatler magazine recently that her £2.7million estate in Gloucestershire is where she really calls home.

She said: “To me people look sexier in the country. Take builders for example. The lot who recently did my stable conversion were so gorgeous that friends from London used to travel down just to flirt with them.

“Or take the shelf-fillers in my local supermarket in Cirencester - almost all of them could be extras in Another Country.”

She added: “When I close my eyes and think of England, I’m not in a fancy restaurant in Knightsbridge, but am instead lolling, scantily clad, in front of a roaring fire.

“Next time you go to someone’s house in the country, be sure to check out if they have warm, possibly fluffy, rugs in front of their fire. No prizes for guessing why they’re there.

“If you think of London you’re more likely to think binge-drinking, mugging and competitive schooling than hotel rooms, champagne and lacy knickers. Not so in the country.”