Mary Berry has said "respect" is the most important thing for a successful marriage.
The British cook revealed her secret to marital bliss ahead of her 90th birthday, and advised not to go to bed "on a quarrel".
Speaking to British Vogue, the former Great British Bake Off presenter said she had never raised her voice at her husband, Paul Hunnings, a long-retired book dealer who she married in 1966.
Berry, who left Bake Off in 2016 when the series moved from the BBC to Channel 4, said: "Love, of course, but respect is so important.
"And I don't count the decades too closely.
"We never raise our voices at each other because, you know, we love each other.
"If I’m a bit miffed, I very often think, 'Well, I’m not gonna say that right now’.
"I’ll go to the greenhouse and do some cuttings."
She added: "Happiness is very, very important, but it can be elusive sometimes. You have to look after it."
She and her husband have children Thomas and Annabel, as well as a son named William who died in a car crash in 1989 when he was 19.
She said: "It’s absolutely amazing in my 90th year to think that William died all that time ago.
"If he walked in that door over there, I would say: ‘Where have you been?’ It wouldn’t surprise me at all."
"It was a huge tragedy, but we did have two more children.
"We always think we were fortunate to have had him for 19 years.
"We still talk about him – the grandchildren particularly, the boys who love rugby."
Berry has written more than 80 cookery books, becoming a UK household name for her recipes and tips.
In December, she was announced the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Women In Film And Television Awards.
Source: Press Association
