Footballing legend Harry Redknapp is running late for a charity golf match and apologises in his old-school Cockney accent as he dashes out of the door only a few minutes into our interview. His wife, Sandra, is left holding the fort at their new eco-mansion in the leafy city of Poole.
“I like it when he goes to his golf,” says Sandra, unfazed as she closes the door softly behind him. “And he never interferes if I want to go out – I’m happy if he’s happy. At home, he’s always in one room watching racing and I’m in the other room watching my soaps. We have our own interests, which is nice.”
Harry, who joins in the conversation hands-free from his car, and Sandra have become nothing short of relationship icons since his victorious appearance on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in 2018. That three-week stint was the longest period they’ve ever been apart, and when they were reunited onscreen, he broke down in tears. Overnight, theirs became the nation’s favourite love story.
