Loose Women’s Linda Robson breaks silence on ‘marriage crisis’ and ‘feud’ with Birds of a Feather stars

LOOSE Women star Linda Robson has poured cold water on claims her marriage is in crisis, branding it "a load of rubbish".

The much-loved actress, 65, has been married to her husband Mark Dunford for 33 years.

Earlier this year, sources claimed the pair were on the rocks before mum-of-three Linda went on a family holiday in Spain without her other half.

But in an exclusive interview with The Sun, Linda confirmed they are very much still together.

"That’s a load of rubbish," she said of the stories. "We’re still living together. We both love our kids more than anything else in the world, obviously you have a few hiccups in every marriage. We’ve been married 33 years so it’s not going to be all plain sailing, but we’re still together at the moment."

The TV star likened the speculation surrounding her and Mark's relationship to the years of reports that she was locked in a bitter feud with her Birds of a Feather co-star and childhood friend Pauline Quirke.

She continued: "I keep getting asked everywhere. It’s like the rumour me and Pauline don’t talk to each other. We’re best mates. We’ve been best mates since we were 10 years old.

"It really upsets me every time I meet someone who goes, ‘Oh you fell out’. No, we haven’t fallen out. I see her all the time, she comes to my house, I go to her house. And we’re really good friends, and we’ll always be really good friends. And Lesley [Joseph] as well."

Linda played Tracey Stubbs, and Pauline her sister Sharon, in the hit sitcom that followed the siblings as they moved in together after their husbands were jailed for armed robbery.

Lesley's character Dorien was their snobby neighbour, who they would go on to befriend and get up to all manner of mischief with.

The trio earned national treasure status over the course of three decades with the majority of the 12 series from its first 10 year run from 1989 averaging 12 million viewers.

"The three of us went through so much together," said Linda. "It’s over 20 years it ran for, on and off. We had births, deaths, funerals - I went to Lesley’s mum’s funeral, they came to my mum’s funeral, we were all at each other’s weddings. We’ve got a lot of history together."

Linda previously addressed her solo jaunt to Majorca on Loose Women, explaining how she invited herself on the trip with eldest daughter Lauren and her grandchildren.

While the sun and setting was perfect, it wasn't an incident-free holiday.