Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has opened up about her marriage to retired fashion designer John Playfair, despite their seven-year age gap. In her autobiography I'll Try Anything Once, she reveals: "John describes himself as a short, grey-haired, knock-kneed coffin-dodger, but to me he's a dream come true." The Bake Off icon contrasts this with her previous marriage to property developer Rayne Kruger, who she describes as reclusive and preferring to stay at home.
Prue wrote: "I love the fact that I now have someone to go to parties with," She also admits being conscious of the age difference between her and John, saying: "John is seven years younger than me. Rayne was nearly twenty years my senior and thought of me as a spring chicken. Now I was more an old duck trying to disguise my age.
" She recalls a moment when she tripped on a country walk with John, fearing he would think she fell because of her age. Prue Leith, the renowned chef and television presenter, has opened up about her fears of ageing and how it impacted her relationship with her husband. She revealed that she underwent three surgeries in two years, which made her question her partner's commitment: "I thought he was mad to take me on," she says.
"In our first two years together I'd had two new knees and an operation on my back," reports Birmingham Live . Despite initially believing she would never remarry after the death of her first husband, Prue found herself longing for another wedding: "Strangely.
