And less than 12 months later the feud amped up a gear when Jeremy marched over to newspaper editor Piers - who turns 56 today - at the 2004 British Press Awards and punched him three times in the head. And at the British Press awards gave him one of her hard stares from across the room. Piers told the Guardian at the time: "I think it is fair to say he was a little inebriated. "'I simply don’t have the energy for you any more,'" Jeremy said at their peace-making drinking session, according to Piers' Daily Mail column. "And there's your broken finger... from when he struck me," he added as Jeremy waggled his finger for the camera.

Source: Daily Mirror March 30, 2021 08:45 UTC