Natalie Cassidy has given fans a rare insight into her relationship with fiancé Marc Humphreys.
The lovebirds began dating in 2014 before getting engaged a year later and welcoming daughter Joanie in 2016. Natalie is also mother to Eliza, 12, from a previous relationship.
Revealing that they have no desire to welcome any more children, Natalie told OK! magazine that they ‘feel complete’, adding that they’re looking forward to the future when they can have some alone time together.
Speaking about their lengthy engagement, Natalie revealed they ‘would love’ to get married but they still haven’t hammered out any of the details.
The actress, 40, confessed: ‘One minute I want a great big wedding, the next minute I think we could just go somewhere really easy. I’m very indecisive. But at some point I do think we’ll get our close family together at a lovely place in London, go to a restaurant and have a big party afterwards.’
Cute couple: Natalie Cassidy has revealed she ‘fancies the pants off’ fiancé Marc Humphreys and insists they ‘make time for romance’ in their busy schedules
She added: ‘Ten years would be a brilliant time to do it. Either 10 years together or 10 years engaged.’
Speaking about setting time apart for romance, she continued: ‘Life can take over, kids can take over, and before you know it, you’ve had no time together on your own.
‘You need to make time for romance. If it slips and we think we haven’t done anything nice for a month, we do bring it up. He’s better than me actually. He’ll bring it up more. We both fancy the pants off each other still, which is a good thing.’
The couple met as Marc works a cameraman on EastEnders.
While it’s his job to stay behind the scenes, viewers were given a glimpse at Marc during soap special, Secrets From The Square.
In 2020, when the show was forced off air for the first time in its 35 year history due to the pandemic, it was replaced with a spin off show that looked back at classic episodes.
During one episode, viewers were left shocked as Marc made a surprise cameo.
Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale on the show, made the reference as host Stacey Dooley joked that the cast and crew were standing too close for social distancing protocols.
Time is ticking: Speaking about their lengthy engagement, Natalie revealed they ‘would love’ to get married but they still haven’t hammered out any of the details
Adam quipped: ‘He’s with Nat,’ going on to joke that’s the only reason they were friends.
He added: ‘We don’t actually mean it. We can’t stand Marc. But we have to be nice to him because he’s with Nat.’
Visibly shocked, Stacey exclaimed: ‘Oh, are you? You’re Sonia’s husband? Oh, that’s amazing.’
While Marc was kept busy filming the docuseries, Natalie stayed at home, not appearing in any of the 14 episodes.
Close: Natalie and Marc met on the set of EastEnders – she plays Sonia Fowler (left, with co-stars James Bye and Jasmine Armfield) and he’s a cameraman
