Lynda Stoner & Derryn Hinch 'Yes We're In Love!'

THE SHOWBIZ POWER COUPLE HAVE REKINDLED THEIR ROMANCE

- Craig Bennett

It was nearly 40 years ago that she broke his heart by ending their whirlwind engagement, but Derryn Hinch and Lynda Stoner can’t hide their smiles as they exclusively reveal they’ve rekindled their once headline-grabbing romance.

“Yes, we’re in love and to paraphrase the famous Frank Sinatra song, it really is lovelier the second time around. It’s a case of familiarity breeds content,” says TV current affairs king and former political dynamo Derryn, 75.

As the showbiz sweethearts snuggle in close, Lynda, the beautiful and sexy TV star turned passionate animal rights campaigner, says she feels absolutely euphoric being back in Derryn’s arms.

“We both pinch ourselves to think our love-match has been re-lit. This time it seems so comfortable, so natural; it’s as if being romantically reunited was destiny,” smiles a radiant Lynda, 66. Both Derryn and Lynda laugh when looking back at their first shot at love.

“It was 1980, I was working on TV’s Cop Shop and supporting animal rights causes. Derryn was on Melbourne radio calling for a ban on the horrors of live exports. I sent him a telegram to congratulate his humane stance. I never expected some brash, larger-than-life radio star like Derryn to give a toss about animals. But he’s an absolute softie with the biggest, kindest heart.”

“A short while later we’re at a function, our eyes met across a crowded room and the sparks of love flew. It was as simple as that. We went on a lunch date and the two of us never ate a thing. We were mesmerized. The chemistry was off the romance Richter scale,” confides Lynda.