Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley, who turns 68 today, has been happily married to Judy Finnigan for almost four decades, but their romance got off to a tricky start
It is hard to believe there was ever a time before 'Richard and Judy', but they were both married to other people before falling for each other.
He admitted to having 10 affairs during his six years with Lynda Hooley. As Richard celebrates his birthday alongside his wife and family, the Mirror takes a look at his life before meeting Judy and how their love story came to be... The attraction was obvious, but Judy was married to journalist David Henshaw and Richard was in the process of splitting from first wife Lynda. One night they went out for dinner and their affair began, although both have insisted it was much more than a "sordid office affair". " thought it was frivolous but it wasn't anything of the kind. It was actually very painful because we were very much in love but it was very difficult," Richard recalled.
Judy, then 34, called things off, prompting a devastated Richard to retreat to Greece for two weeks in the summer of 1984 armed with a bag of step-parenting books to do some soul searching. "I knew Dan and Tom really well and they were smashing, they were terribly sweet, so I took it very seriously. In the end I knew of course that I could do it – I wanted to do it," he said.
"She was kept in hospital overnight for a second scan and was then put into an induced labour. My heart broke for her as I waited outside the delivery room. What a dreadful experience: to go through the motions of childbirth, knowing what the grim outcome would be."
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