Denise Welch is the "happiest" she has ever been. The 65-year-old star - who tied the knot with Lincoln Townley, 50, in 2013 but has Matty, 34, and 22-year-old Louis with ex-husband Tim Healy - stopped drinking 11 years ago and explained that this decade has been the best one so far because of her "incredibly happy marriage" and because she has managed to achieve sobriety. She told the Sunday Express S Magazine: "This decade has been one of the happiest in my life for two reasons.