Woman recalls posing for Freud after £25m art sale
Sue Tilley remembers champagne lunches and Freud's "scruffy" studio with a Rodin used as a doorstop.
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"I hate that word because I imagine a very thin little person you know, all in love and wafting around in chiffon dresses, pining for the artist which wasn't me, I have to say."
— Sue Tilley , Celebrity
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Sue Tilley remembers champagne lunches and Freud's "scruffy" studio with a Rodin used as a doorstop.
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