Anthea Turner jokes that her Botox is wearing off as she celebrates her 60th birthday in lockdown

Anthea Turner saw the funny side on Monday morning as she kicked off her milestone 60th birthday celebrations with an appearance on Loose Women.

The bubbly presenter will spend her special day in isolation at home with fiancé Mark Armstrong as the country enters another week of lockdown in the fight against coronavirus COVID-19.

And appearing from her living room on the latest edition of the ITV chat show, she joked that she ‘felt old’ because the enforced period of time behind closed doors had resulted in her Botox wearing off.

Offering a humble response to positive comments about her glowing looks, she said: ‘I feel a bit old actually, you know when people say ‘oh 50 is the new 40’ but no, 60 is 60.

‘This is called lockdown locks, this is called “I haven’t been able to get to the hairdressers.” Also I’ve got no nails, and I haven’t been able to frown quite like this for a while.’ 

Twice married Anthea was set to exchange vows with business tycoon Mark in Italy over the summer, but has since been forced to postpone her wedding plans in light of the current health crisis.

So far 32,785 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 across Italy, one of the world’s worst affected countries, from 345,375 recorded fatalities across the globe.

But despite the abrupt and unexpected setback, Anthea insists the wedding will still go ahead in the coronavirus ravaged country – albeit in 12 months time. 

She said: ‘It wasn’t like we had invited everybody and booked everything. We had every intention of getting married in Italy in September and it is going to be next year now.

‘We haven’t even tried to make any plans, you might as well park it.’ 

With wedding pans on hold for now, the presenter admits turning 60 in lockdown has given her an unprecedented opportunity for self-reflection.

‘Something I have never done is savour, savour the moment,’ she said. ‘It is 60, I’ve got more air miles behind me than in front of me. 

‘You’ve been talking about health and weight, I’ve never valued health so much and savouring the moment.’

She added: ‘All those years doing all those television programmes, I don’t think I ever savoured any of it because I was always worried and worried if I was in the right place.’