There might be a 38-year age gap between Charlie Mullins, 70, and Raquel Reno, 32, but the chemistry between them is real and it’s clear that they’re absolutely besotted with each other as they discuss their upcoming wedding plans with OK!
Charlie, who’s been married twice before, tells us that they’ve picked a certain St Paul’s Cathedral in London as their venue, saying, “We’re allowed to do that because I’ve got an OBE.There’s a year’s waiting list but there can be cancellations so we’re hoping it’s going to happen this year.” They will certainly have the funds for a grand affair - the businessman made a whopping £145 million back in 2021 when he sold Pimlico Plumbers, the company he’d started at the age of 27. “I’ve never actually been to St Paul’s Cathedral,” admits aspiring recording artist Raquel. “So he’s promised he’ll take me.” Charlie shares that he's also keen to start a family with Raquel, when we shoot them at their London penthouse apartment. “On the children side, we’re practising!
That’s all in the pipeline and we don’t want it to affect Raquel’s career but people have babies and they still carry on on the stage,” he explains.Their plan to expand their family could be one of the main motivations for Charlie being so keen to buy the apartment above him, which is currently occupied by none other than Tom Jones.
Charlie explains that he’d like to get planning permission to put a staircase in to connect the two flats, which would result in poor Tom – who the couple describe as being “very private” – being out on his ear.
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