I’m mow in love, says TV’s Simon

SINCE she married former BBC news anchor Simon McCoy last autumn, 1980s pin-up Emma Samms has discovered she’s not the only subject of his affections.

McCoy, 60, best known for his waggish quips when reporting on the lives of the Royal Family, is also in love with the lawnmower he rides in the garden of their Cotswolds home — so much so he’s given it a pet name.

Samms, 61, says: ‘It not only has a name . . . but when it had to be taken in to be repaired, I noticed Simon had written “Tarquin to hospital” in our joint diary.’