Anthea Turner reveals double death heartbreak that forced her to postpone her wedding to long-term partner

TV presenter Anthea Turner has revealed the heartbreaking reason she and her partner, businessman Mark Armstrong, have still never tied the knot.

Former Blue Peter star Anthea got engaged to Mark after he proposed to her during a romantic trip to Italy in 2019, where the long-term couple were expected to wed in September 2020.

However, during an appearance on Vanessa Feltz’s Channel 5 daytime show today (April 1), Anthea revealed the sad reason her wedding has been postponed.

Anthea Turner reveals why she and partner Mark postponed wedding

After announcing their engagement six years ago, Vanessa asked Anthea if she and Mark had begun planning their big day.

Anthea revealed the couple had started planning for their 2020 wedding, but put everything on hold due to the pandemic.

After finding out that Mark’s mum was “really ill”, the pair had a lot of “toing and throwing” as they wanted her to watch them exchange their vows.

Sadly, she died. Then my mum passed away as well.

“Sadly, she died,” Anthea explained, adding, “And then my mum passed away as well.”

Following their deaths, she said she and Mark haven’t “picked up the threads” again, despite wanting to still get married.

Anthea was previously married to Peter Powell and Grant Bovey. While she never had children of her own, she still has a close relationship with her stepdaughters Claudia, Amelia and Lily, the daughters of her ex-husband Grant.

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