After newspaper and television reports around the world yesterday, Jane Felix-Browne said that that she was prepared for the inevitable revelations about her past.

But she insisted that she had done nothing to be ashamed of.

She said that she had grown up in Cheshire, had run away to live in London aged 15 and was later kept in secure accommodation. As a teenager she changed her name to Jane Felix-Browne to start a new life away from her troubled past.

“I don’t care what people say happened when I was young,” she said. “I was beaten as a child and I was locked up for a while. I have been married before and I know that some of my husbands may say unkind things about me. There is nothing I can do.”

At 16 she was married in London in an Islamic ceremony to a student from Saudi Arabia who knew the bin Laden family. They had a son, now 33.

In 1978 she married again and had two sons, now 28 and 27, before the marriage collapsed 3½ years later. She married for a third time in 1985 and again in 1991.

She married Andy Yeomans, a fellow member of Moulton parish council, in 1996. The marriage ended in July last year and they divorced in February. She believes her sixth marriage is for life: “I think Omar is going to be faithful. This is the last one.” She confirmed that she had undergone plastic surgery, including a breast enhancement 13 years ago and larger implants inserted two years ago.

She said she has also had a facelift and a tummy tuck.

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