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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘Age is just a number’: Readers on the realities of age-gap relationships

Goggins and Lou Wood play an on-screen couple with a notable age gap in ‘The White Lotus’ - (HBO)

Independent readers have shared their views on the complexities of age-gap relationships and the realities of parenting later in life.

The discussion was sparked by former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys, who this week said he does not feel the age gap with his 37-year-old second wife, Lucie Rose, and that he hopes to have more children at 68.

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