Peter Andre has openly confessed that he is "thinking about death" increasingly often. The Mysterious Girl singer, 53, who shares Junior, 20, and 18-year-old Princess with former wife Katie Price, but married Emily MacDonagh in 2015 and subsequently welcomed Millie, 12, Theo, eight, along with two-year-old Belle with her, was moved by recent remarks made by Dame Joanna Lumley ahead of her recent birthday. The Absolutely Fabulous star celebrated her 80th on May 1, and told the Radio Times that she would prefer to view her mortality as a "friend who's waiting around" rather than the "colossal enemy," and the former I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! contestant acknowledged that despite still being in his fifties, he has begun to recognise that he has less time remaining than he has already lived.

Writing in his new! magazine column, he said: "Joanna Lumley is 80, can you believe it! In the run-up to her milestone birthday, she made some big comments about how she wanted to embrace death as much as life. I really admire that because it can't be fun knowing that time is running out. As you get older, you realise that time is the only thing you can't pause or get it back."

However, the singer, who is currently experiencing a significant career resurgence with his new album, Legacy, acknowledged that he still feels youthful and is grateful that his parents remain with him in their nineties. He added: "I still feel very young and energetic, but I think about death a lot more now than I did as a kid. In 40 years I'm going to be 93, the same age my dad is now. It's a scary thought. But you have to enjoy the here and now. By the way, thankfully, dad is doing great at 93!"

Joanna, who launched her career as a model before appearing in Coronation Street and ultimately becoming a household name through her iconic portrayal of Purdey in The New Avengers, is renowned for her remarkably youthful looks. In a fresh interview with The Mirror to celebrate her 80th birthday, she attributed it entirely to her commitment to a vegetarian lifestyle.

She said: "I do believe that not eating meat holds back the ageing process. But if vegetarianism is not for you, so be it. My husband Stephen (orchestral conductor Stephen Barlow) isn't a veggie, and he's wonderful.

"But most people used to eat meat three times a day - bacon and sausages for breakfast, a chop at lunchtime, a meat dish at night. Who does that these days? That's a move for the better. Eating so much convenience and junk food definitely isn't, though."