Stacey Solomon explains why she won’t take Joe’s last name when they get married

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Stacey Solomon says she won't be taking Joe Swash's last name when they marry this summer, as she wants to have the same name as her children.

The Loose Women star is planning to tie the knot with former soap star Joe after lockdown restrictions are lifted in June, with her sons walking her down the aisle alongside her dad.

As well as being mum to one-year-old son Rex, with whom she welcomed with Joe, she also has two sons Zachery, 12, and Leighton, eight.

Joe is also dad to 13-year-old Harry from a former relationship. "It is a really funny one, obviously Joe would love me to have his second name," Stacey told Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio Two breakfast show. "Nothing wrong with his second name but because of kids I want to have the same.