Lynne McGranger: ‘My secret wedding!’

One day Lynne McGranger might just marry her partner of almost 30 years – maybe – if he ever gets around to proposing!

"I’m still waiting," chuckles Home and Away’s longest-serving female cast member.

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"We always joke and say we’ll do it when we want some whitegoods, and I’m here to tell you now, we need a new washing machine!"

Lynne and her 'toyboy' Paul open up in their first ever media chat together. Source: New Idea

Pretending to flinch in horror, Lynne’s adored ‘toyboy’ Paul McWaters – she’s 61, he’s 56 – joins her for their first-ever media chat together about their relationship, which started over a dinner.

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"I invited him round to my place in 1984 and he never went home. Still hasn’t,’ laughs the Summer Bay favourite, who has played warm-hearted battler Irene Roberts for more than 21 years.

Pick up this week's issue of New Idea to read Lynne and Paul's story.