Ben Fogle's wife fears 'change' in marriage as she prepares for emotional family farewell

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Writer and campaigner Marina Fogle, the wife of world-travelling adventurer and BBC's Animal Park presenter Ben Fogle, is bracing herself for a significant shift in her domestic life that has crept up on her.Like fellow mothers across the globe, Marina is preparing for the end of the lengthy summer break and is getting set to send her children back to school.

However, the commencement of this term will be especially moving, she concedes, as it will be the first time she will confront a "truly empty nest".Marina revealed to The Times: "This year, for the first time in nearly 15 years, I won't have any children at home during the week.

My 13-year-old daughter has now joined her brother at a weekly boarding school."A psychotherapist cautioned Marina that such a crucial transition in a couple's relationship can lead to heartbreak: "Children leaving home can mean a change in the relationship with your partner," she says. "Parents who have drifted apart will find there is no longer anything to hold them together.This dramatic alteration in her life should not have arrived quite so soon, Marina adds, explaining: "This change for me is harder because my nest wasn't supposed to be empty quite yet.

Our youngest child, Willem, was stillborn 10 years ago."We'd always planned to have at least three children, but the circumstances of his death and the threat to my life persuaded us to rejoice in the healthy children we did have rather than try for another." Marina's psychotherapist advised her that staying active is key to handling significant life changes, and she's certainly taken that on board: "I realise that I have, inadvertently, been pre-empting this new state with the acquisition of animals."So while I won't be woken by