Personal Life
In a candid interview for the Daily Mail in June 2008, Singleton discussed several issues about her personal life and previous relationships. She firmly dismissed rumours that had persisted for 30 years that she was a lesbian, that had started after she interviewed rock musician Joan Armatrading in 1978, saying that this was not true and had probably dissuaded men from approaching her. Singleton also revealed several relationships and affairs with a number of men including actor Albert Finney and fellow presenter Peter Purves.
She disclosed that she had had an abortion in 1963 after a brief affair with Richard Wade, a BBC staff writer, after fears that the pregnancy would be detrimental to her career. A long term relationship with Daily Express journalist Philip Geddes ended in 1983 when Geddes died in the IRA bomb attack on Harrods in London.
Singleton admitted that many of the men in her life had been younger, including her last boyfriend who was a builder and 24 years her junior. Although Singleton had been engaged in 1967 to radio DJ Pete Murray, the couple drifted apart and Singleton has never married. She now lives alone in Dorset.
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