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Emmeline Saunders & Rebecca Koncienzcy

Former ITV Coronation Street actor, 61, engaged to 21-year-old stripper

Former Coronation Street actor Chris Quinten has proposed to his 21-year-old girlfriend.

The 61-year-old popped the question at her birthday party held at the London strip club where they both work, the Mirror reports.

Chris, who played Gail Platt's murdered husband Brian Tilsley in the soap, is now engaged to Robyn Delabarre, after his girlfriend of seven months said 'yes'.

To seal the deal, he took her on a romantic holiday in the Greek island of Mykonos.

Robyn and her husband-to-be Chris (Facebook)

Following the celebrations, Robyn said: "My husband to be! It’s been a CRAZY 7 months a secret we had to keep because of our jobs but you have made me the happiest girl alive.

"You're amazing to me. I’m so lucky to have you in my life. I’m so glad you're mine, I love you and I couldn’t care less what anyone has to say.

"I love you with all my heart. Thank you for doing everything you do for me Chris."

Brian Tilsley played by Chris Quinten (ITV)

Chris now works as the manager of Secrets, a strip joint in London's Hammersmith, where a brief table dance with a nude woman costs £30.

Robyn previously dated tragic Love Island star Mike Thalassitis, both before and after his time in the Villa.

Chris was previously married to American talk show host Leeza Gibbons between 1989 and 1991.

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