Joan Collins, 93, enjoys a date night with husband Percy Gibson, 61, as they hold hands while attending Claridge’s book launch

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By LAURA FOX, ASSOCIATE SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR 23:06 14 Oct 2026, updated 23:09 14 Oct 2026

Joan Collins enjoyed a date night with her husband Percy Gibson as they joined pal David Downton to celebrate the launch of a new Claridge’s book on Wednesday.

The actress, 93, cut a stylish figure in a black and white gingham skirt suit as she held hands with her dapper husband at the event.

Heading to the iconic London hotel of the same name, Joan and Percy saw an early glimpse at the new book Claridge’s: Queen of Hotels, Hotel of Kings.

Penned by Martin Williams, the book offers a glimpse at the famous hotel’s colourful past, which has included surviving two world wars, and a century of radical change.

Dame Joan, who has been married five times, met her current husband, film producer Percy Gibson, 61, in 2000 while appearing in a touring production of the play Love Letters in the US, and the couple married two years later in 2002.

Speaking about their marriage on the Shooting Star Children’s Hospices official podcast Shooting Star Unwrapped, she said that although they have their ‘little spats’ they ultimately like and love each other.

‘We met at the beginning of this century — a quarter of a century ago — when we were working together on a show in San Francisco,’ she said.

‘I liked him immediately — he was so hardworking, clever and knowledgeable about the theatre, and very kind, and good-looking too.

‘We married less than two years later, and we’ve been together most of this century, which is extraordinary in showbusiness, because marriages don’t tend to last here — but ours is pretty solid, touch wood.

‘We have our little spats and arguments, but basically we like each other, and we love each other.

‘It’s so important to like your partner — so many people go into relationships on the crest of lust, and when that disintegrates, there’s nothing left.’

She said that she and Percy have a ‘core together’ and that he is ‘so wonderful with my children and my grandchildren’ and ‘spends so much time with them’.

She added: ‘He’s endlessly patient, and just a super, kind, wonderful human being.’

Throughout her career, Joan has offered a glimpse at the regime that’s helped to maintain her famous looks, and she’s insisted it has nothing to do with Botox or any other plastic surgery.

Joan has shared that as she’s gotten older, she’s learned that one way to maintain her figure is by ‘eating less’, and said she now eats a quarter of what she did when she was 25.

The star said that she hopes she’ll live until she’s 100 with her healthy lifestyle, adding she’ll do a quick fix of ‘broccoli and boiled eggs’ if she needs to lose a few pounds.

In an interview with The Express, she said: ‘No knives. Had Botox once, years ago. Hated it. I’m an actress, I have to have expression.

‘You need half the food at 50 as you ate at 25. Half as much again at 75. I’m going to live to be 100, and I am telling you: look after your skin. Never leave the house without make-up.

‘Don’t diet, just eat less. Never drink tap water. If you need to drop a few pounds to fit into something, eat boiled eggs and broccoli for three days.’

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