HIPPY GRAN MARRIES FOX

FOXY LADY: Moonbeam and Reynard

KEN Winslet should have seen the writing on the wall when his wife – and gran- of- three – Maureen changed her name to “Moonbeam Honkeysuckle”.

But 65- year- old Ken just “put it down to ‘ the change’” and carried on enjoying his retirement.

But within a year, “Moonbeam” had divorced her husband of 40 years and moved out of the family home – a three- bed semi in Corby, Northants, to live in a hippy commune.

And last Thursday, Moonbeam, 64, delivered yet another shock to her long- suffering family by “marrying” a FOX in a bizarre heathen ceremony.

The defiant gran said last night: “As soon as I saw Reynard’s eye glinting in the moonlight one evening when I returned to my yurt, after we’d had a lentil cleansing ceremony, I just knew he was ‘ the one’.

“I fed him a vegan treat and he bit me on the hand – I knew it was love.”

Within a week, dippy Moonbeam persuaded the commune druid – a former gym instructor and sex offender from Runcorn – to marry them in a ceremony that defied the laws of God and man.

Moonbeam said: “That cemented our union in the eyes of the cosmos.

“And yes, as you’re bound to want to know, we do have a full and active sex life. A few fleas and a touch of distemper is a small price to pay for love.”

Moonbeam may be happy but her desertion has left chaos in Corby.

Ken took to the drink soon after she left and their once- tidy house is now in disarray.

The words “Maureen Winslet shags foxes” are sprayed on the front door which Ken refused to open when Sunday Sport called last night.

A dossier of our report has been made available to the authorities and the Fox Protection League.