Anthea Turner Delays Wedding Again for Renovation

has revealed she has postponed her wedding to businessman Mark Armstrong for the fourth time due to having renovations at their home. 

The TV presenter, 65, and Mark, 59, got engaged in Rome, , in September 2019 following a two-month romance and have previously postponed their nuptials due to the death of their mothers and the 2020 pandemic.

Anthea, , has now revealed she is pushing back saying "I do" again as the couple have just started renovations of their lounge. 

Speaking to Woman's Own magazine, she said: 'We need to sort it out, and we absolutely will, but we've got a lounge renovation that's just about starting.

'We're not together because we want to breed or because it's the only way we can buy a house. We're together because he is my go-to, he's my best friend, he's my everything.

'I can't think of anybody I would prefer to be snuggling up to at night. I am truly blessed that we found each other.'

Anthea explained that the couple 'feel married' already because they have been together for almost seven years.

She added: 'Although it would be nice to get married someday, it's not our priority - but it will happen someday!'

Last month, Anthea said that she once wanted to get married in Italy but now doesn't want the 'faff of organising anything abroad', so will be having a UK ceremony. 

The TV presenter said she now prefers the idea of a smaller ceremony as big 'flash' weddings are falling out of fashion.

Anthea alsoduring an appearance on Vanessa Feltz's Channel 5 show.

Anthea was previously married to property developer Grant Bovey, 64, in a lavish 2000 ceremony that sparked backlash after the couple posed while eating Cadbury's Snowflake bars in a promotional tie-in.

During a discussion about whether expensive weddings are worth it, she reflected on the extravagant day.

She said: 'It was so extravagant, really when I think back now, I do remember thinking 'this is not me, I don't really want it to be so big, this was nowhere near what I wanted.'

'But I sort of got bamboozled into the whole thing, and it got bigger and bigger and bigger, and then of course, a chocolate bar was stuffed in my face, and then that was the end of everything.

'But I also think the tanker has turned around with these big flash weddings that we don't think 'oh how amazing now', it's like when people have big flash cars, it's like, people with flashiness is actually going out.'

It comes after Anthea sweetly gushed that she's been 'given a second chance at love' with her fiancé after two failed marriages and revealed she's a grandmother after her stepdaughter welcomed a baby.

She was previously married to Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell, who she left in 1998 for property developer Grant Bovey. Anthea went on to be with Grant and they were married for 15 years from 2000 to 2015.