“I love writing, I love acting, going onstage and doing my little one-woman show, and I refuse to be defined by a number, by an age. I think that’s terribly old-fashioned and not relevant in today’s world,” she told The New York Times in April.

She added, “A question I’m often asked is, ‘Why are you still working?’ It’s such a fatuous thing to say. I keep on working because I love being busy. It’s tiring when I do my one-woman show, going to a new hotel every night. But it’s rewarding. The audience is so responsive. That buoys me.”

The dame also revealed that she’s set to play the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, in a new biopic, which was just given the green light last month, per the same source.

But who’s been by Collins’ side for the past 20-plus years and counting? Here’s what we know about her supportive hubby, Percy Gibson – who’s 32 years her junior.

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Percy Gibson was born in Peru

Born in Peru, South America, Gibson, 59, is half-Peruvian and half Scottish, according to People. “I’m not a Stepford wife and he’s an alpha-male Peruvian-Scot, so sometimes we clash, but it doesn’t last long, and we are quick to say sorry,” Collins wrote in a 2018 essay for British media.

What does Percy Gibson do?

Like his wife, Gibson also works in showbiz. People reports that he works as a theatre manager and film producer. As seen on his IMDB page, he was an executive producer for the 2017 film The Time of Their Lives, which features his wife, and is currently working on another project, Murder Between Friends.

How did Joan Collins meet Percy Gibson?

According to British media, Collins met her then future husband for the first time in 2000. They would go for dinner on the road while she was touring the US. He was 36 and divorced at the time, while she was 67 and had already been married four times.

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Opening up about their age gap in a conversation with BBC’s Louis Theroux, she said she’d finally found “the one” in Gibson: “I believe in marriage – which is why I’ve done it five times – and I finally have a wonderful marriage. Percy is 30-odd years younger than me, but I don’t even feel my age. I don’t even talk about it, I don’t even think about it.”

How long have Joan Collins and Percy Gibson been married?

Collins and Gibson have been married for 22 years. The lovebirds got married in 2002, per British media, tying the knot at London’s Claridge’s. In Gibson’s wedding speech, he reportedly said, “Joan is my accomplice, my comrade, my confessor, my confidant, my fearless leader and my most loyal supporter, my very best friend.”

What’s the secret to their relationship, you ask? Collins told British media: “Every morning before he goes for a run, he brings me a coffee in bed while I read all the papers. My mum used to read the Daily Mirror … And he leaves me little notes under the kettle.”

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She added: “And separate ­bathrooms is key! Although we are very lucky. I know that’s not something everyone can have … He has his office area and I have mine. I’ll spend time in mine writing or phoning my friends. And he’ll be working, looking after our three properties. Then we’ll do something together. Like any couple, we have our ups and downs. We do occasionally argue – it’s normally when we’re working together.”

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