The FIRST EVER Unofficial Rosie Millard Appreciation Page is believed to be the first Website set up as a tribute to a BBC reporter.

Ian Miller, a student at Aberdeen University, praises Rosie Millard's intelligence and even-handedness as an art critic.

But it is his comments on some of her more visual charms that have sparked the ire of her husband Pip.

Ian says the correspondent is "an exemplary instance of that rare species, lesser known megababe!"

Rosie Millard: "Televisual Viagra"

He goes on to admire "her full and shapely legs" and finishes on what may be judged the greatest compliment paid to a presenter: "Well, Rosie, please don't take this the wrong way ... but you are pure televisual Viagra."

It is, presumably, these comments to which her husband took exception. And his irritation was heightened when he found himself unable to access the site himself.

When the Millard-obsessed Webmaster read of this in The Daily Telegraph, he quickly added a public apology at the top of the page.

"Sorry you couldn't get access before - it wasn't deliberate, honest guv!" he writes. "I hope you enjoy this site, dedicated to your lovely wife, and I hope you realise what a very very lucky man you are! I'm insanely jealous!"

His personal note to Rosie Millard is even more gushing, if slightly lighter on the exclamation marks.

"Special note to Rosie, the Millard herself: Rosie, ahem, I mean, Mrs. Millard, no ... I mean, Madame, rather, Your Highness, I am deeply touched and indeed most honoured that you have deemed this humble Website worthy of your esteemed perusal. I sincerely hope that this page does not offend your innate sense of modesty, and I hope that you, in your magnanimity will forgive my indulgences."

The BBC's arts correspondent appears to be anything but offended. She has reportedly been dashing around the television newsroom taunting lesser reporters with their failure to make a dent on cyberspace.

But she may find Ian's explanation for setting up a site dedicated to her less pleasing.

He says: "In recent times there has been a trend on the Internet, to pick an obscure television presenter - the more obscure the better - and create a Web page devoted entirely to their celebration.