Fern Britton has talked candidly about the breakdown of her first marriage and her struggle to conceive when she was 40 during a chat with Kate Thornton on her White Wine Question Time podcast.MORE: Fern Britton puts 13-year feud with Phillip Schofield aside with heartwarming messageTouching upon her former relationships, the This Morning star reflected on her split from TV executive Clive Jones and explained: "Unfortunately my marriage broke up when she [Grace] was five months [old]. So that was a tricky one so I had a year of really digging deep, but then a year later I met Phil."WATCH: Fern Britton makes rare comment about her daughtersFern and Clive had married on 12 November 1988, and together they welcomed three children.