Computer tycoon Sir Clive Sinclair, 69, weds his 33-year-old lap dancer



Simple ceremony: Angie Bowness and Sir Clive Sinclair wed at the Civil Court in Las Vegas on April 16

It was the unlikely relationship that many thought could never last.

But the Daily Mail can reveal that computer tycoon Sir Clive Sinclair, 69, has secretly married his lap dancer fiancee Angie Bowness, who is 36 years his junior.

They have been engaged a year but have been seeing each other, on and off, for more than a decade.



The pair wed at the Civil Court in Las Vegas on April 16. The single witness is believed to have been a passer-by.

The inventor and Miss Bowness, 33, a former Miss England, had flown to the U.S. two days before and were staying at the luxurious Bellagio Hotel.

Before heading for the U.S., Sir Clive had bought a platinum wedding ring from jeweller Asprey.

Last night, Miss Bowness told the Mail: 'We're over the moon. We're very happy.'

Sir Clive said: 'I suggested on the plane that we get married. It was a spur of the moment thing.'

When asked what qualities attracted him to his future bride he replied: 'Well she is a former Miss England, isn't she.'

He added: 'We don't know where we will honeymoon yet - it's all been rather quick.'



On marrying at the age of 69, he said: 'I hadn't thought I'd get married at this stage'.

And, asked about the age gap between the pair, he replied: 'It's just an age gap. Our relationship works extremely well.'

According to sources, the vows were kept very simple because 'they just wanted to legally formalise their relationship'.

Last night, a friend of Miss Bowness said: 'Angie is absolutely over the moon to have married Sir Clive. And he's thrilled - he can't stop calling her My Lady.'

Indeed, Miss Bowness now takes the title of Lady Sinclair.



She apparently wore a 'cute' short blue Alexander Wang dress for the ceremony and Christian Louboutin shoes. Sinclair, meanwhile, chose a suit.



Miss Bowness was working as a stripper in Stringfellows' club in Central London when Sir Clive, inventor of the pocket calculator and the ill-fated C5 electric car, first got to know her in 1996.



Happy couple: Sir Clive with Angie, who is 36 years his junior - the pair have dated on and off for a decade

However, shortly after that first encounter privately-educated Miss Bowness fell in love with businessman Mark Thornton. Miss Bowness and Mr Thornton's son Marcus was born in April 1998.



But they broke up two months after the child's birth and Sir Clive and Miss Bowness started dating again. In October 1998, Miss Bowness again left Sir Clive. Even so, she and the inventor remained friends.









In 2003, he proposed, despite the fact that they were not even dating at the time. She turned him down, saying that she was too young. But in February last year, Miss Bowness finally agreed to marry the former Mensa chairman.

She owns two homes but moved into Sir Clive's £5million flat overlooking Trafalgar Square following their engagement.

He is said to be close to her son Marcus, now 12.