10-05-2025
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Prue Leith's defiant two-word reply to husband's heartbreaking fear about dog 'outliving him'
Prue Leith's defiant two-word reply to husband's heartbreaking fear about dog 'outliving him'
Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith has opened up on a recent disagreement at home with her husband John Playfair, as he shared his fears at not living longer than a new dog
Dame Prue Leith gave a defiant two-word reply to John Playfair's fear about a dog outliving him
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Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith has issued a defiant two-word reply in response to her husband's fear that a new dog may outlive him.
The renowned restaurant owner and baking aficionado has been a household name for years now thanks to her countless TV appearances. She is perhaps most well-known for her on-screen partnership alongside Paul Hollywood on Channel 4's Great British Bake Off, after filling the shoes of Dame Mary Berry following her departure in 2016.
But, away from demonstrating her baking knowledge on some of the nation's favourite shows, Dame Prue found love again after meeting John Playfair whilst attending a friend's dinner party in Yorkshire, over a decade since her first husband Rayne Kruger sadly passed away.
Dame Prue and John have been married since 2016
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Going on to exchange vows with the retired clothes designer back in 2016, Dame Prue has revealed how they have struggled to see eye to eye over one thing recently.
Currently caring for two dogs together, Tattie, six and Teasel, three, Dame Prue has revealed to the Times how she remains at loggerheads with her husband about the possibility of adding another canine to their family, as John confessed his fears that he thinks a new dog may outlive him.
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Dame Prue claimed how they are at loggerheads about buying another dog
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However, with Dame Prue in total disagreement and presumably eager to give her Cavalier King Charles spaniels another friend, she came back to her husband with a simple yet passionate retort as she told the 77-year-old "what nonsense".
While Dame Prue has revealed that her husband has aired concerns about his own longevity, she too has been open about fears regarding her age.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Travel Diaries podcast, she said: "I haven't got much longer, I'm 85, I want to spend as much time as I can with him."
Elaborating further on wanting to make the most of the time she has left, she added: "One of the wonderful things about him is that he is totally without ego, he doesn't feel threatened by the fact that I have a higher profile than he does, when I introduce him (to people) he always just says 'I'm the handbag carrier, I'm her chauffeur'."
Dame Prue is best-known for judging alongside Paul Hollywood on the Great British Bake Off
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Meanwhile away from sharing an insight into her marriage with John, Dame Prue's hugely successful culinary career spans decades, after her first steps into the industry came back when she attended the Cordon Bleu Cookery School when she was 20-years-old.
Since then she has gone on to open her own restaurant and appear in some of the country's most well-loved TV shows including The Great British Menu, Prue's Cotswold Kitchen and The Great British Bake Off.
The accomplished baker returns to our screens later today (May 10) in her Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen at 11.40 am on ITV.
