Fern Britton and Phil Vickery split ‘after more than 20 happy years’

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Former daytime TV couple Fern Britton and Phil Vickery have been said to be “often not on speaking terms” for years ahead of their shock split, according to reports.The 62 year old former This Morning presenter and her This Morning TV chef ex, 58, announced their break up earlier this week, but it’s been claimed the break up was “on the cards for years”.

Fern Britton and Phil Vickery were frequently not on speaking terms in the few years before their split, a friend has said.

Giovanni Pernice and Ashley Roberts have just announced their break-up after more than a year together - but it's not the first high profile split the Strictly Come Dancing star has endured.The 29-year-old previously dated his Strictly partner Georgia May Foote back in 2015, as well as enjoying a romance with TOWIE's Jess Wright.

This Morning chef Phil Vickery and his TV presenter wife Fern Britton have announced they have split up after 20 years marriage.

Caroline Flack’s boyfriend Lewis Burton has hit back at claims that he was “putting the feelers out with other women”, saying he’s still together with the presenter and they haven’t split.The former tennis player had faced claims that he and Caroline had split, just one month after a court had banned them from contacting each other after the Love Island host was charged with assault. Lewis, 27, was said to have been “back on the market” after “sending flirty messages to another woman”.

Fern Britton has announced that she and her husband, This Morning chef Phil Vickery, have split after more than 20 years together. Ferne, 62, tweeted the end of her marriage to Phil in a statement on Twitter.