Former Countdown host Anne Robinson sets a record for romance with a recognizable face

Anne Robinson has set the record straight about her romance with Andrew Parker Bowles.

The British Army officer is best known as Queen Camilla’s first husband before they divorced in 1995. It was rumored last year that the retired cavalry officer was now dating former Countdown presenter Anne.

The 79-year-old from Crosby has now confirmed the dating rumors were true, as she told Saga magazine: ‘Yes. Point. Mind your own business.”

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The former Weakest Link host has been announced as Saga’s new agony aunt, a role she will take over from their June issue. Anne was previously married to the late Charles Wilson, a former journalist and newspaper executive, until 1973 and divorced her second husband, John Penrose, in 2007.

Speaking about getting back into dating in her seventies after being single for more than a decade, she told Saga: ‘I’ve been out of the game for so long. And I also don’t drink. If you don’t drink, aren’t you just as reckless?

“I’m a big believer in surprising yourself by taking risks. Personal and professional. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If the worst that can happen is getting some egg on your face, that’s not terrible, is it?

On why dating can be easier at an older age, she said: “You’re much more selective about what you’re going to be excited about. Nothing matters that much. You will not change.”

Parker Bowles married Camilla in 1973 and they had two children together, Tom and Laura, before divorcing in 1995. The King, who divorced Diana, Princess of Wales in 1996, married Camilla in April 2005 at the Guildhall in Windsor.

Parker Bowles and the Queen remained friends, with the former army officer among the guests selected for the King’s coronation.

The interview is in the June issue of Saga magazine

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