6 OCTOBER 1984, Page 5

4 Britun 2

?The mystery of mini-mastermind : McQuone deepened (do mysteries Nier get shallower?) when he transferred his allegiances from the Sun to the Daily Star. It appears that his father has been taken off for a psychiatric examination. This may not have happened. The Star's style, though dramatic, is curiously opa- que, and it remains possible that it is two-year-old Anthony who has been taken into care. And, if one is to believe the Star, his mother, who was 21 last Thursday, is now 58. But all reports agree that Anthony's father is 51.