Escape to the Chateau stars Dick and Angel Strawbridge have revealed that their son Arthur is heading for an thrilling new chapter in his schooling.
In a brand new interview, the couple revealed that the ten-year-old will begin senior faculty subsequent yr, which can deliver “totally different pressures”.
While chatting about Arthur and Dorothy, the truth stars revealed that their kids are on the entrance of their minds once they’re making huge selections, together with once they selected to deliver Escape to the Chateau to an finish after 9 sequence.
© Dick and Angel Strawbridge/Instagram“The choice-making we do could be very a lot about what’s finest for us and the household,” Angel instructed The Sunday Occasions journal. “Yearly we requested, ‘Is it going to be all proper for the household?‘, ‘Is that this going to work?’.”
“[Arthur and Dorothy] are nonetheless younger, however Arthur begins senior faculty subsequent yr. They usually have totally different pressures on them, with social media and every little thing else.”
© Escape to the Chateau/InstagramThroughout a current look on ITV’s Lorraine, the couple expanded on their choice to wrap up the truth programme after six years, and likewise addressed their reported fallout with Channel 4.
“It is attention-grabbing as a result of we had been on Lorraine at Christmas final yr speaking in regards to the present coming to an finish,” Dick instructed host Christine Lampard. “We decided that final yr was going to be the finale and we instructed everyone. So, when the tales got here out and everyone began speaking in regards to the present ending, it wasn’t information, it was one thing that had occurred a very long time in the past up to now.
“And we made the choice simply to not get entangled in any of the conversations.”
© Ken McKay/ITV/ShutterstockAngel added: “Our Queen mentioned, by no means complain and by no means clarify. And that was one of the best ways as a result of we had already made that call as a household to deliver the present to an finish.”
Dick went on to elucidate that the present was all the time resulting from finish as Arthur and Dorothy acquired older. “We all know that Arthur and Dorothy would get to an age… they had been so little and did not actually know what was happening,” he mentioned. “We’re residing in such a unique world now and for us as a household, we lastly caught up with the weddings from COVID.”
© Channel 4Escape to the Chateau first aired again in 2016 and documented the Strawbridges as they renovated their derelict Nineteenth-century mansion.
5 months after the present ended, it was reported that Channel 4 had reduce ties with the truth stars following an impartial investigation into Dick and Angel’s conduct on the sequence.
In accordance with Deadline, the manufacturing firm behind the present, Two Rivers Media, raised considerations in regards to the Strawbridges and mentioned it will not work with them.
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For the reason that remaining episode of Escape to the Chateau aired in December, the household have revealed a brand new guide and introduced excursions of their theatre present within the UK, America and Canada.
© Dick and Angel StrawbridgeAngel and Dick have additionally launched a podcast with World Participant, titled ‘Dick & Angel’s CHAT…EAU’, which can file the couple as they focus on “the week, the youngsters, and the issues which have made us smile”.
The primary episode will likely be accessible on Wednesday 1 November.
