Dick Strawbridge was given a strict deadline by wife Angel for having a baby as he tried to end their romance. The TV stars have become a hit with viewers thanks to their Channel 4 series Escape to the Chateau. They let fans into their lives in France with two young children, while doing up their dilapidated French home.
However, it wasn't always a happy married life for the couple, as Dick once tried to call off their relationship. Angel, 46, lived in London when they first met while Dick, 64, was in Cornwall. They met at a party and immediately knew there was a connection between them.
However, Dick believed the long-distance romance was too much for them and suggested they call it quits. He insisted Angel should find someone else to marry and have children with. His pleas weren't heard as Angel had already made up her mind.
She wanted Dick as her life partner and so they stayed together and tried for a baby. "My children were all grown-up and the sensible thing would have been for her to find somebody else, but she said she wanted me," Dick told The Times "That was the acknowledgement we were going to have a family. And soon.
" He added: "Angela gave me a calendar with 'Impregnate me by this date' written on it and, being efficient as we are, we were seven months ahead of our target having Arthur and Dorothy." The couple moved to France in 2015 when they purchased the Chateau de la Motte Husson in Pays de la Loire. M&S's two seater garden bench charms shoppers with striking.
