Rumours about the exotic private life of Sting and Trudie Styler have included swingers’ parties, strip clubs and tantric sex sessions lasting several hours.

Now some more tangible evidence of their colourful tastes has emerged.

The 56-year-old rock star and his wife have flung wide the doors of their £12million Manhattan apartment for an “at home” newspaper feature - with eyebrow-raising results.

The centrepiece of the 18-room apartment overlooking Central Park is an extraordinary scarlet bedroom embroidered in gold and dominated by two ...