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ITV audiences enjoyed a romantic special of Alan Titchmarsh's Sunday morning programme today, featuring red roses and love stories shared by his guests.

This morning's instalment (February 15) of Love Your Weekend followed directly after Valentine's Day, with the television gardening expert welcoming former model Penny Lancaster and Olympian Matt Whitlock onto the show.

At the programme's opening, Alan enquired about his guests' personal romantic lives, beginning with Penny, who has been wed to rock icon Rod Stewart since 2007, reports the Mirror.

When Alan probed whether the proposal had been romantic, Penny responded: "[He's] just romantic all year round."

"Ugh, hate him," Alan retorted before erupting into laughter alongside Penny and Matt. Undaunted, Penny went on: "He said to me the other day 'Darling, give me three or four days out of the calendar coming up soon and I'm going to take you somewhere special. I'm not telling you where I'm taking you, just give me three or four days, get the school run covered and all of that'.

"That's the kind of guy that I'm married to. He doesn't particularly enjoy - and neither do I - being told when to be romantic. So Valentine's day is the commercial love, isn't it?

"Whereas we like the spontaneity and we're both very, very romantic. Whether it's a train ride or up the Eiffel Tower, where he proposed to me."

Impressed by the account, Alan echoed: "He proposed up the Eiffel Tower?" before addressing Max and remarking: "Bet you can't match that, Max. I certainly can't."

Following Max's account of his Lake District proposal, Penny proceeded to recount another story featuring herself and husband Rod when Alan enquired whether she had travelled aboard the Orient Express.

"Yes, we did that for our wedding anniversary last year," she explained, making clear to an impressed Alan that she had been responsible for arranging this specific journey.

"It was a new route they were taking from Paris to Portofino, and we got engaged in Paris and we were married in Portofino. It had to be done."

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