Mick Jagger, 79, soaks up the winter sun in a series of playful snaps

Sir Mick Jagger took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a slew of snaps as he soaked up the winter sun in Italy.

The Rolling Stones frontman, 79, revealed he was enjoying some downtime after writing a whole host of new songs. 

Mick could be seen picking an orange from a tree before heading off to enjoy some of the country’s spectacular scenery. 

Paint it orange: Sir Mick Jagger, 79, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a slew of snaps as he soaked up the winter sun in Italy after songwriting 

The rocker held a whicker basket as he meandered through the orchard, donning a tight black T-shirt and jeans.

Sir Mick shielded his eyes behind shades and wore dark baseball cap with his salt and pepper locks poking out beneath.

He later donned a smart floral shirt as he took in a gorgeous sunset after exploring a Roman Amphitheatre.  

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R&R: The Rolling Stones frontman revealed he was enjoying some downtime after writing a whole host of new songs

Sunny days: Sir Mick shielded his eyes behind shades and dark baseball cap with his salt and pepper locks poking out beneath

Completing the look with smart grey trousers as well as a navy blazer and comfy trainers. 

He captioned the snaps: ‘Relaxing in Italy, after some songwriting time!’.

It was revealed that the Rolling Stones were set to release their first album of new music next year.

Smart: He later donned a smart floral shirt as he took in a gorgeous sunset after exploring a Roman Amphitheatre

The album would be Mick, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood‘s first album in 18 years and the first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts last year. 

It comes after Mick’s former staffer has claimed he actually speaks with a posh plummy voice behind closed doors.

According to Sally Arnold, who was nanny to the frontman’s daughter Jade, now 51, the star slips into his famous cockney droll ‘the minute’ he is out in public. 

Casual: Completing the look with smart grey trousers as well as a navy blazer and comfy trainers

Writing in her memoir Rock N Roll Nanny she said: ‘Strangely, Mick spoke the Queen’s English in private and with only a couple of people around’. 

‘But the minute there were more or he was on the phone, he’d switch to the sort of Mockney accent we know today’. 

She went on to reveal that one example of him switching between accents was when he telephoned her former employer for a reference. 

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Songwriter: He captioned the snaps: ‘Relaxing in Italy, after some songwriting time!’

She wrote: ‘ She [her former employer] was so surprised because he spoke to her in rather an uncouth way, and she wondered “How can Sally work for somebody like that?”. 

MailOnline have contacted reps for Sir Mick for comment.  

Sally worked for the Brown Sugar hitmaker during his during his seven year marriage to model Bianca Jagger, 77, before it ended in 1978.

In the book she goes on to say how ‘normal’ the lavish and world famous couple seemed. 

 ‘He [Mick] was very attentive, pouring tea, carrying and fetching things for her’.

Throwback: It comes after Mick’s former staffer has claimed he actually speaks with a posh plummy voice behind closed doors, after working for him and ex-wife Bianca  (Mick and Bianca pictured in 1971)