Cherie said 'I do' in the loo

Cherie said 'I do' in the loo

FORMER British prime minister Tony Blair proposed to his now wife Cherie while she was cleaning the toilet during a holiday in Italy, according to a new TV documentary.

Mrs Cherie Blair told BBC television that the future prime minister popped the question in 1979 as she was tidying a villa in Tuscany before they headed home.

'I'd cleaned the toilet and he suddenly announced when I was on my knees that maybe we should get married,' the human rights lawyer told the programme The Real Cherie Blair, which is to be broadcast on Wednesday.

'So you agreed to marry him while you were cleaning the toilet?' the interviewer asked.

'Yes, lovely. It was terribly romantic!' she added.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE