Did you see that picture of Heidi on stage standing behind the swordsmith, Teddy? She looked like a Dickens character growing visibly smaller as she was about to ask for another bowl of gruel. Think she was in on the joke?
It strikes me as really odd that they both had Churchill, and it also strikes me odd that the media and the candidate coordinated an early morning rendezvous to do a tattoo session.
Some other explanation would be easier to believe.