A COUPLE have become Britain’s oldest new parents — only to have their baby taken from them by social services.

The 63-year-old mum and her partner, 65, are “devastated” after bosses stepped in and took the child from them, according to a report published in The Sun.

The couple’s age is thought to be a factor in fears over the one-year-old’s wellbeing.

“They are devastated,” a source said. “Social services have been dealing with them since last year and told them to make improvements in how the child was being looked after.

“They then decided that the called-for improvements had not happened and took the child into care.”

The couple, from the north of England, had the baby using a surrogate mother in her 30s. She is believed to have been impregnated using the 65-year-old’s sperm and a donor egg.

The adoptive parents spent more than $180,000 on the procedure and used a clinic abroad as most in the UK would not deal with a couple their age.

The child’s British birth mother and her husband were named on the birth certificate, but they signed a parental order letting the older couple adopt.

Social services closely monitored the situation and, after the concerns were raised, the child was taken away and is thought to be in foster care.

The adoptive parents have failed in one bid to regain custody but are still fighting. They are thought to be allowed some contact in monitored visits.

“This is a very unusual situation,” the source said. “Although it is upsetting for all, social workers have done what they think is best for the child.”

The adoptive mother refused to comment, as did the couple’s local council.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and is republished here with permission.