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Emmeline Saunders

Coronation Street's Chris Quinten gets engaged to stripper 40 YEARS his junior

Coronation Street's Chris Quinten has got engaged to his employee and stripper girlfriend Robyn - who is a whole four DECADES younger than him.

The 61-year-old Corrie legend, who played Gail Platt's murdered husband Brian Tilsley in the soap, popped the question at Robyn's 21st birthday party, which was held at the London strip club where they both work.

Manager Chris got down on one knee in front of his girlfriend's family and friends and asked her: "Robyn, will you marry me?"

Robyn has gushed about her husband-to-be (Facebook)

His girlfriend of seven months clapped her hand over her mouth in shock before hugging Chris and telling him yes.

He then took her for a romantic holiday on the Greek island of Mykonos to seal the deal, where he took pictures of his new fiance flashing her body by their private jacuzzi.

"My husband to be! It’s been a CRAZY 7 months a secret we had to keep because of our jobs but you have made me the happiest girl alive," Robyn gushed about the big moment.

The moment Chris asked Robyn to be his wife (Facebook)
Robyn and Chris have been enjoying their Greek mini-moon (Facebook)

"You're amazing to me. I’m so lucky to have you in my life. I’m so glad you're mine, I love you and I couldn’t care less what anyone has to say.

"I love you with all my heart. Thank you for doing everything you do for me Chris."

Chris now works as the manager of Secrets, a strip joint in London's Hammersmith, where a brief table dance with a nude woman costs a cool £30.

Chris with his on-screen wife Gail Tilsley on Corrie in 1988 (Granada TV)

He was previously one of the biggest telly household names, thanks to his stint playing Brian in the ITV soap during the 1980s.

Chris used to be married to talk show host Leeza Gibbons, 62, with who he shares daughter Jordan Alexandra, but the pair split just two years after they wed in 1989.

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