article_snippet.sent: The couple faced a lot of criticism from people who disapproved of the 29-year age gap and predicted the marriage was doomed to failure - and Marilyn's children have all but cut off contact with the loved-up pair.
article_snippet.sent: William added: 'I don't look at Marilyn and think, 'Marilyn's nearly 30 years older than William.'
article_snippet.sent: Marilyn's a nice person
article_snippet.sent: Marilyn Marilyn said Marilyn and William still had to put up with people giving she and William the occasional odd looks in the street.
article_snippet.sent: Marilyn Marilyn added: 'I suppose she and William always will but people should realise by now after all these years it's a real thing and let she and William be.
article_snippet.sent: Marilyn hates Marilyn 'cougar' tag, and insists there are double standards for men dating younger women.
article_snippet.sent: Marilyn said: 'It's OK for a man to do it, why is it not OK if a woman does it?'
highlights_snippet.sent: Marilyn's children have all but cut off contact with the loved-up pair .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Marilyn, now 54, left Marilyn then husband to be with William, now 25 .