Van Outen: 'Children are my priority'

Denise Van Outen has revealed that she is already thinking about having more children.

The 35-year-old, who is married to Lee Mead, announced in November that she is expecting her first child.

"I'm 36 next month, I've got to pop them out," she told The Mirror. "We definitely want two, so we won't wait too long after this one, partly because of my age."

Van Outen admitted that having children was a "big priority" for the couple, adding: "We were adamant this was part of the plan, so in the traditional sort of way we started trying straight away. Wanting children was part of the reason we got married so quickly. We got engaged in January and married in April - we didn't want to hang about.

"I've got friends who've been engaged for four or five years and I just didn't want to wait. I'm older than Lee - I've got to start popping them out!"

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