MICHAELA STRACHAN’S

AS a Springwatch host, Michaela Strachan knows plenty about animal relationships – yet her advice for humans in love sounds a bit wild.

After 15 years of happiness with cameraman Nick Chevallier, the star laughs as she says: “I think the secret is not to get married.”

Michaela is the first to recognise this recipe for success may sound strange.

She admitted: “I shouldn’t say that. That could be taken well out of context. But maybe the secret is we’re apart a lot.

“We don’t get on each other’s nerves as much as maybe we would if we were together all the time.”

It seems to work. Michaela and Nick share the same interests and outlook for raising their 13-year-old son Ollie.

She said: “We’re both into the outdoors, we’re both into wildlife, being outdoor, being fit. We’re very like-minded people. We’re very good friends and get on really well.”

The bubbly presenter has won countless admirers as her lengthy TV career has gone from strength to strength over the years.

Now 52, she has noticed a change in her fans. Schoolboys used to fancy her but these days she catches the eye of older men.

Telling how she is stopped in the street, Michaela said: “I used to get, ‘My dad fancies you,’ then when I’ve got older I get, ‘My dad used to fancy you,’ and as I’ve got a bit older I get, ‘My grandad fancies you.’”

Outrageous