In a stunning revelation, Great British Bake Off icon, Prue Leith has confessed that she engaged in a 13-year affair with her late husband.
Upon meeting fellow South African, Rayne Kruger, the esteemed baker became smitten, and quickly found herself in his arms.
And in her upcoming autobiography, she opens up on all the details of the pair’s secret life away from the public eye.
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Rayne passed away in 2002 at 80 years old, having previously been married to Prue’s mother’s best friend, who gave a surprising reaction when she discovered what her husband was up to.
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Despite hesitancy to tell the readers the shocking truth, eventually, the 83-year-old decided in favour of doing so in a bid to keep things ‘interesting’.
Rayne was married to late South African actress, Nan Munro.
Speaking to Kate Thornton on the White Wine Question Time podcast, she said: “I never asked him to leave his wife because I was very happy.”
“I had none of the duties of life and all of the pleasures of somebody who loved me. I wasn’t pressing for marriage. They all remained great friends.
“We did have 13 secret years, and nobody ever guessed because we were discreet.”
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She continued: “But it was easier in a way because he was a family friend, chairman of my company, and he’d helped me enormously, and everyone knew we were great friends.”
“We didn’t go out to dinner or anything that would create any kind of suspicion. If people saw us together, they thought it was because we worked together.”
In a testament to her kind nature, upon finding out about the betrayal, Nan managed to find it in her heart to forgive Rayne and Prue.
Elaborating on how the trio remained friends, the restaurateur added: “Rayne was determined. He said, ‘We don’t have enough friends to lose them. We all love each other; we’re not going to let this destroy us’. And Nan took her cue from Rayne, or he from her.
She added: “I remember one of her really famous actress friends said to her, ‘How can you go and have weekends and stay with Prue and Rayne? That woman, she’s a witch; she stole your husband.’
“And Nan said, ‘Are you going to have me every weekend? Shall I come to you instead?’ She said, ‘They are my friends; I love them. Yes, it’s been hard, but Prue’s still Prue.’ She was amazingly forgiving. And an extraordinary woman.”
Prue was only 62 when she lost her beloved husband.
Luckily, she’s since found love again, marrying English fashion designer, John Playfair in 2016.
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