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<\/p>\nHome and Away legend Lynne McGranger has been a staple on telly screens for 30 years.<\/p>\n
The actress, best known for playing <\/b>Irene Roberts, shot to fame back in 1993 – and since then, she\u2019s become the longest-serving female cast member on the popular Aussie soap.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s fair to say Lynne has been involved in several big storylines, including her current one at the moment.<\/p>\n
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Viewers of the iconic soap this week will see Irene be plagued with feelings of loneliness, after her pal and temporary roommate John Palmer, moves back into his own place.<\/p>\n
Although her on-screen character has had a troubled love life in Summer Bay, actress Lynne has been in a relationship with her partner Paul McWaters for nearly 40 years.<\/p>\n
So as things take an emotional turn for Irene on Home & Away, Daily Star is taking a look inside the star\u2019s 39-year-relationship with her partner. <\/p>\n
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Aussie soap star Lynne and Paul have been together for a whopping 39 years.<\/p>\n
Despite keeping their relationship pretty low-key, Lynne opened up about their romance back in 2014 where she recalled how they met. <\/p>\n
Speaking to New Idea, she said: \u201cI invited him round to my place in 1984 [after having dinner together] and he never went home. Still hasn't.\u201d<\/p>\n
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And apparently, Lynne says her mega-successful stint on Home and Away is all down to her beau. <\/p>\n
\u201cAside from being a wonderful man, if it wasn't for him I'd never have been able to do what I've done on Home And Away,\u201d she told Woman's Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe took over as a house husband and primary carer of Clancy. He's amazing. We still enjoy each other's company and still make each other laugh."<\/p>\n
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Despite all the milestone years the happy couple have had, the two are in no rush to get married. <\/p>\n
Lynne said: \u201cI'm still waiting [for him to propose].<\/p>\n
"We always joke and say we\u2019ll do it when we want some white goods, and I\u2019m here to tell you now, we need a new washing machine!"<\/p>\n
But Lynne does have plans for when the two do say their \u201cI do\u2019s\u201d and tie the knot. <\/p>\n
"If we do get married it will probably be a barbecue in the backyard," she said.<\/p>\n
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The couple share a daughter together called Clancy, but in 1996, Lynne faced heartbreak when she suffered a miscarriage with her second child.<\/p>\n
Speaking to TV Week, Lynne bravely revealed in 1996, when Clancy was just five-years-old, she suffered a miscarriage.<\/p>\n
Lynne's miscarriage also coincided with her character Irene Roberts announcing that she was pregnant on the soap.<\/p>\n
"I remember the scene quite clearly. Irene was showing off the photos of the baby in utero – I just lost it," she said.<\/p>\n
She also called the experience of working on the storyline a "traumatic and bumpy" time, but praised the cast and crew for supporting her on set.<\/p>\n
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