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Hannah Roberts, PA & Howard Lloyd

Fern Britton feeling ‘really relaxed’ after end of her decades-long marriage

Former This Morning presenter Fern Britton says she is feeling unexpectedly 'relaxed' after her 20-year marriage came to an end. The 65-year-old television personality, who split from celebrity chef Phil Vickery, spoke candidly about her newfound single status in an interview with Good Housekeeping.

Fern announced the breakup of her marriage to Vickery in January 2020, shortly after the passing of her father, actor Tony Britton, in December 2019. Reflecting on her current situation, she said: "My children are grown-up and I'm no longer married, and it's as if this whole other world has opened up. I never thought this would happen; I didn't expect to be 65 and single and really relaxed."

The former couple, who had appeared together on the show Ready Steady Cook, tied the knot in 2000. Fern took to Twitter to announce their separation, stating that they had decided to go their "separate ways."

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