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Scarlet Howes & Emilia Bona

Ex-Coronation Street star, 61, planning a family with 21-year-old girlfriend

Former Coronation Street star Chris Quinten said he plans to start a family with his fiancee Robyn Delabarre - despite their 40 year age gap.

Chris, 61, popped the question at 21-year-old Robyn's surprise birthday party - and they are already talking about having children together.

Robyn, who met her soon-to-be-husband while she was working as a dancer in a London strip club, said she tries to put their colossal age gap aside when thinking about starting a family.

  Ex-Corrie heartthrob Chris previously admitted he could be Robyn's granddad, in a This Morning appearance with his fiancee - but said the pair are soul mates.

Speaking with the  Sunday Mirror  Chris said: “She found out my mum was called Thelma and she loves that name so we are thinking of that for our first daughter.”

He added: “When I’m 90 I will be running around playing football with my future son."

Robyn said: “He only has daughters so I would like to give him a boy. I put our age gap aside when it comes to thinking of  children.

"It’s never going to work if I think about it, so I’m just going to try to have a baby.”

Robyn, whose nan used to fancy Chris when he played Gail Rodwell's late husband Brian Tilsley in Corrie  , met her husband-to-be at Secrets strip club in Hammersmith, where Robyn worked as a dancer and Chris is the manager.

The pair, who had been dating for seven months, kept their relationship under wraps until they were caught out after a holiday together in Turkey.

Speaking on the  ITV chat show This Morning  Robyn said her mun, who is 38, and her dad, who is 40, had found the age gap between them "difficult at first."

Chris and Robyn on This Morning (ITV)

Chris said: "I could be her grandad."

Chris proposed to Robyn on her 21st birthday in front of her family and friends - and the pair are planning their wedding for next summer.

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