Lady Wilnelia, widow of late entertainment star Bruce Forsyth, has revealed she would be open to falling in love again as she tells the Mirror she has ‘no idea what the future holds’
Bruce Forsyth’s widow Lady Wilnelia Forsyth is considering dating again – eight years after the late Strictly legend’s death.
Asked about the prospect of falling in love again, the 67-year-old nodded enthusiastically as she told the Mirror, “’I’ve no idea what is in the future for me. But I am really happy.”
The Puerto Rican beauty, 67, was married to former Strictly host Bruce for 34 years until his death in 2017, aged 89, closing the curtain on a stellar 75-year career in the entertainment business. It comes after reports of Victoria Beckham’s four-word comment to Geri Horner amid Spice Girls ‘feud’.
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The former actress and beauty queen, who won Miss World 1975, tells us she is in a great place, and believes the secret to her youthful looks is ‘trying to be happy’ and the fact that she’s ‘just put a few pounds on’.
But she also admits that the last eight years, trying to create a whole new routine since the loss of her beloved husband – with whom she shares grow-up son Jonathan Joseph, 39, have not been easy.
‘It is difficult… But you know, what can you do? I always think, at least I am surrounded by all my family. I spend time in Puerto Rico as well and I keep very busy with all the different charities that I support. And I play golf, a lot of golf now. My handicap is 24. I’m getting there.’”
Lady Wilnelia, whose late husband was a famously keen golfer and would regularly take part in pro-celebrity golf tournaments, believes he’d be very proud of her newfound sporting passion. “He would love it. I am the Vice President of Variety Golf. He would have been very impressed with it, I think!”’
The former model is certainly keeping herself busy, with trips back to her native country, and attending high-profile recent events such as Ascot. “ I have done so many things, I’ve been going out everywhere. ‘It has been wonderful. Really lovely.’
As for Bruce’s family, Lady Wilnelia says she still remains in touch with them. “I’ve just been celebrating the birthday of one of my step daughters – she was 70 – I don’t know how that happened.’
Her latest project is a new charity started back home, in her late parents’ memory. ‘I started a new charity in Puerto Rico because my father and mother both passed away and they both had Alzheimer’s. I was a caregiver – and this is for the caregivers.”
She adds, “We are also going to have a gala at some point, celebrating my 50 years of winning Miss World. Imagine, I don’t know where time has gone!”
When Lady Wilnelia tied the knot with Bruce, it was third time happy for the seasoned entertainer – after two failed marriages before her.
Sir Bruce met his first wife, Penny Calvert, at London’s Windmill Theatre, when he was in his 20s. The couple married in 1953 and lasted 20 years, the couple going on to have three daughters: Debbie, Julie and Laura, but theirs would prove a turbulent union.
In 1971, the presenter launched The Generation Game on the BBC with former Bunny Girl and glamour model Anthea Redfern – and affair a passionate affair, the pair got married on Christmas Eve 1973, five months after Sir Bruce’s divorce from Penny was finalised.
That marriage lasted six years, and the couple welcomed two daughters, Charlotte and Louisa – but ended when Anthea admitted adultery with another man.
Though he went through two divorces, had six children and a smattering of extra-marital affairs, Sir Bruce’s private life after tying the knot with Lady Wilnelia – who in later years devotedly nursed her husband through several bouts of ill-health, was happy and conflict-free..
Despite their 29-year age-gap – she was 23 when they met, he 52 – they remained devoted for more than three decades, and Sir Bruce would say on more than one occasion that meeting his third wife was one of the ‘luckiest moments’ in his life.
Source: Mirror
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