Alan Titchmarsh with a pullout image of him and his wife Alison
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Alan Titchmarsh CBE jokes he’s ‘very sad’ as wife Alison refuses to call him ‘commander’

It is nevertheless a 'great honour'

TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh has shared a rather humorous story about how his family refused to call him “commander” after the King made him a CBE earlier this year.

He and his wife Alison married way back in 1975, meaning they’re hot on the tails of their golden wedding anniversary.

What is their secret? “The usual things,” he said, when asked how they stay afloat. “Similar values, being able to laugh at the same things.”

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Alan Titchmarsh in the garden for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
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Alan Titchmarsh on This Morning
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