Beverley Turner, 46, gushes over beau James Pritchett, 32, as he sunbathes during lockdown

They first met in 2018, after she and ex-husband James Cracknell accepted that their marriage was over.

And Beverley Turner appears to be enjoying her romance with James Pritchett, who, at 32, is 14 years her junior, as she shared a snap of him topless during the UK’s lockdown on Tuesday.

The eco-property developer was happily sun-bathing in the garden while the TV presenter, 46, prepared to appear on Jeremy Vine, and Beverley took the chance to snap a photo of her beau.

James relaxed in a large great seat while looking at his phone, and he showed off his chiselled abs by wearing just a pair of tracksuit bottoms.

Joking with her Twitter followers about the snap, Beverley wrote: ‘The view from my window during @jeremyvineon5 … Very distracting….’

A follower called her out for taking the photo as they believed it was a man that Beverley did not know, and thus claimed that there were ‘double standards’ as they hit out: ‘Reverse genders and this would make headlines ! #DoubleStandards’

Responding calmly, Beverley said: ‘It’s my bf sat in the sunshine.. To draw any sort of comparison with the cultural, institutional, codified and endemic power patriarchy that endorsed overt and covert sexual harassment is kinda funny… But inevitable.’ 

TV and radio broadcaster Beverley told the Daily Mail: ‘I had such judgement about age-gap relationships before this. I would look at an older man with a younger woman and roll my eyes, but now I can completely see what they were doing.’

‘I cannot see any disadvantage to it. James P is 32 — a great age for a bloke,’ continued Beverley, before adding of youthful glow: ‘That’s what having a 32-year-old boyfriend does for you.’ 

Continuing to gush about her new lover’s qualities, she cooed: ‘He is full of empathy and kindness. He puts me first in a way that I am just not used to. He’s an amazing listener, thoughtful and generous with a lovely calmness.

‘He thinks I am wise and capable, which is lovely, and he is just the best company, whether we are sitting on the sofa, going for a walk or going out clubbing and getting drunk together.’

They were introduced through mutual acquaintances in 2018, after she and James had accepted their marriage was over, but months before it was publicly announced.

‘I needed some help with a property we own in Devon,’ she recalled. ‘I had a planning permission issue and was talking to friends who said they knew someone who could help and gave me a number of a guy named James.

‘I spoke to him and thought, “You don’t sound like the hairy builder I was expecting to talk to,” and he came round and there was this very handsome young man on the doorstep.

‘I didn’t for a second think he’d be interested in me, and it turned out he was absolutely useless on the planning issue, but he just started helping me with some stuff that needed doing round the house.

‘It was after Christmas that I realised he was interested in me and, believe me, as a 46-year-old mother of three that comes as quite a shock.

‘He spoke to my son Croyde and said, “I think I would like to take your mummy on a date. Would you mind?” And Croyde said, “Yes, that would be really nice. I didn’t think I’d want anybody to go out with Mummy, but as it’s you…”

The Cracknells’ children Croyde, 16, Kiki, ten, and Trixie, eight, are thriving and get on well with both new partners. ‘It’s all very grown up,’ told the Daily Mail.

For his part, James has also moved on, embarking on a romantic relationship with attractive American blonde Jordan Connell, 34.

She insists he did not cheat on her. Though they had not yet officially split up, they had long talked about going their separate ways.