Britain's most married man

Here Ron is pictured celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary to his eighth wife, Weng, who is 30 years his junior

When it comes to tying the knot, Ron Sheppard is in illustrious company.

He is on his eighth marriage...two more than Henry VIII managed, the same number as Elizabeth Taylor and just one fewer than Zsa Zsa Gabor.

But Britain’s most married man insists his eighth wife will be his last.

After all, the union with Weng Platino has already lasted nine years.

Mr Sheppard, 65, says that in 35-year-old Weng, from the Philippines, he has finally found his true love and soulmate after searching for more than 47 years.

He was 19 when he wed his first wife, Margaret, in 1966.

The marriage lasted two years and he went on to marry Jeanette, Lesley, Kathy, Sue, Usha and Wan.

The retired holiday camp entertainer, who once mentored Shane Richie, said: ‘I have had eight mothers-in-law so I must be brave.’

Mr Sheppard, who has eight children, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, has now written a book on his life, which he has called Lord Of The Wedding Rings.

He says he always believed marriage was for life but never felt ‘true love’ in his first seven marriage.

SOURCE-DAILYM