Nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow joins fatherhood 'challenge" after 48 years Following the example of Des O'Connor, who is at 80 now bringing up a seven-year-old son, Peter Stringfellow, 71, is trying to become a father again. "My wife, Bella, has just turned 30 and we're planning to start a family this year," says the nightclub owner and Conservative Party donor. When you get married to a young woman, you can't say no to children. My last child was born 48 years ago, so I'm up for the challenge. Stringfellow, who married the former Royal Ballet dancer in 2009, has two children from a previous relationship: Karen, who is married and lives in Florida, and Scott, who works for his company. "I know some people have views about this, but it is something that is really just between me and my wife," he tells Mandrake. All that ever matters with children is that they are wanted and that they are going to be looked after properly. We have thought it through together very carefully and it is something we want. We might even have two. I certainly think it would be the wrong thing for a lot of guys my age. I am fortunate in that I am fit and I have some money and therefore I will be able to get whatever help I need. Being my own boss, if the baby gives me a sleepless night, it will be easy enough for me to cancel my engagements for the next day if I am tired. Stringfellow, who is celebrating his 50th year in showbusiness, adds: "My wife is the one who has to go through the greatest physical ordeal, childbirth. Still, we've both been in training for parenthood now for some years, as we have four dogs and they often wake us up in the night. He insists that he is going to live "to at least 150" and certainly has every intention in seeing his child - or children - through to adulthood. Does he want a boy or a girl? Put it this way: all that matters to me is that the child has my wife's looks and not mine.