Prue Leith's husband shares home life insight after star confesses 'I haven't got much longer'
Dame Prue Leith's husband, John Playfair, has given a touching update on their domestic life after the broadcaster confessed she "hasn't got much time left".
Prue, 85, met fashion designer John Playfair at a friend's home while journeying back home from Yorkshire. Prue was invited into a dinner party for a drink, and was met with two men, including John, as well as her friend's sister.
The Great British Bake Off star told Loose Women she "felt like a gooseberry" and decided to make her exit. However, John showed up at her house the following day, having experienced an "instant attraction" to the TV personality, reports Wales Online.
Prue and second husband John married in 2016. Speaking to the TV Times, John shared an insight into their marriage, he said: "We laugh all day long.
"Prue is divinely naughty and very funny. We go everywhere together. She's wonderful company."
(Image: Dave Benett,for The National Portrait Gallery)
One activity the pair relish doing together is gardening. Although John concedes they have had to modify their garden to accommodate their advancing years.
He further stated: "Because of our age, Prue and I plant everything in troughs or buckets so we're not having to bend and tend to things at ground level."
Prue has also previously confessed she's "not able to do everything" she would prefer when out in the garden. This came after she recently invested in a new potting shed and greenhouse to populate with plants from her native South Africa.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Prue said: "I like propagating because my back hurts and I can do it on a high stool. I'm not as hands-on as I'd like because I'm no longer able to be. I find it vaguely surprising I can't do certain things any longer."
(Image: Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon)
The beloved octogenarian and Bake Off star, who joined the show in 2017, shared on The Travel Diaries podcast with Holly Rubenstein her poignant thoughts about aging: "I haven't got much longer, I'm 85, I want to spend as much time as I can with him."
Prue now says she likes to travel with John for work. She has even enlisted her husband as an "assistant" when travelling.
She said: "And so, if we are filming abroad, or like next week, we're going to New York, because I've got to publicise the American baking show, then I'm now old enough for my agent to say 'I'm sorry, but she has to ring her husband, because she's 85, she needs someone to carry the bags' she doesn't quite say 'she needs a carer' but it's pretty close."
The TV star will return to screens with Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen at 11.40am today (April 26) on ITV One. She will be joined by comedian Ruby Wax cooking a warm salad with beef as well as a tofu version.
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