Sir Brian Could turned down a suggestion to participate in Strictly Come Dancing.
The Queen guitarist, 77, stated the hit BBC One Latin and ballroom dance present was not for him after he was approached by the programme’s bosses, following his spouse Anita Dobson’s look on Strictly in 2011 – when she completed in eighth place.
Anita, 76, instructed the brand new concern of Greatest journal: “They requested Brian as effectively, nevertheless it’s not his factor.”
The Physician Who actress has not danced since she and her skilled dance accomplice, the late Robin Windsor, graced the Strictly ballroom ground.
Requested if she nonetheless dances, Anita admitted: “No, I used to be by no means a dancer.
“I used to be only one fortunate lady. I might carry a tune – I am not a singer, and I might transfer effectively, and I’ve bought that musical factor the place I am very upbeat and blissful, so I will have a go.”
Anita and Brian met at a movie screening in Could 1986 – in the course of the top of her EastEnders fame when she performed the unique Queen Victoria pub landlady Angie Watts – and later married in 2000.
And after 25 years of marriage, the couple are nonetheless collectively as a result of their love for one another is powerful.
Requested what the key is to their lengthy marriage, Anita stated: “There is no such thing as a secret.
“You both keep collectively since you need to, or in case you do not prefer it, you get out.
“That is it – keep or go, as a result of some folks would put up with stuff, different folks would simply depart – it is as much as you.
“When you love the person, and it is price staying, then keep.
“That is it, that is the underside line.”
Anita and Brian moved from London to Surrey after their house within the capital bought flooded in July 2021.
And though the musician rapidly tailored to their new environment, it took metropolis lady Anita some time to settle in.
She defined: “Brian is in clover – he completely loves it.
“He lives extra within the backyard than he does in the home. He loves the animals, the flowers, the timber, all the things. We have got a really large backyard.
“For me, it has been an adjustment as a result of I am a metropolis lady born and bred, and there is at all times going to be a little bit of town in me, however when the climate is like this, I would not need to be anyplace else – the place we stay, nevertheless it’s pretty to come back as much as city once in a while and have a little bit of enjoyable.”
