{"id":2379890,"date":"2026-04-19T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2379890"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:11:03","slug":"women-in-their-60s-have-sexuality-tessa-peake-jones-on-feeling-more-empowered-than-ever-in-later-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/women-in-their-60s-have-sexuality-tessa-peake-jones-on-feeling-more-empowered-than-ever-in-later-life\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Women in their 60s have sexuality\u2019: Tessa Peake-Jones on feeling more empowered than ever in later life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-26808631-7bb8-4478-81a5-f7962199bf30\">Tessa Peake-Jones has revealed that since turning 60, she feels more empowered than ever.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on BBC <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002tzph\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m002tzph\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em>Woman&#8217;s Hour<\/em><\/a>, the now 68-year-old <em>Only Fools and Horses<\/em> star discussed sexuality in later life, and why it shouldn&#8217;t be questioned that women over 60 still have so much to give.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-26808631-7bb8-4478-81a5-f7962199bf30-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&#8220;I think we as women in our 60s, we do feel that we have a sexuality and much more to offer,&#8221; she began. The actress also attaches a feeling of empowerment to working, and continuing to do so for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Tessa was brought up by her mum and her aunt, and she shares a poignant story about her aunt initially feeling elated by retiring, but then becoming slightly disempowered when she didn&#8217;t have a &#8220;focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&#8220;She retired at 60 on the dot,&#8221; she says of her aunt, adding, &#8220;she&#8217;d worked in a hardware shop six days a week, all her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The day her aunt retired, the family and some friends went to the pub, &#8220;and we celebrated the fact she would no longer have to go to work,&#8221; Tessa says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She continues, &#8220;Along with that, I felt she slightly aged from then on, because it was like she didn&#8217;t have a focus anymore. That whole thing that had driven her, stopped.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-z5WC3vtzy5qku72g6pJoaN\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-z5WC3vtzy5qku72g6pJoaN slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to our free daily email for the latest royal and entertainment news, interesting opinion, expert advice on styling and beauty trends, and no-nonsense guides to the health and wellness questions you want answered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"elk-2efe5df3-6872-4687-83ee-9f8dfbd540b1\">Tessa continues, &#8220;Now, we work into our 70s and 80s and live longer, but when we get to our 60s, there isn&#8217;t that marker of, &#8216;Oh, things stop.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s more about, &#8216;this is a springboard for the future,'&#8221; she explains. The actress also shares that she didn&#8217;t suffer from empty nest syndrome when her children left home, unlike many other women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m OK with the fact I&#8217;m alone and able to enjoy my life,&#8221; she laughs, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ve cared for my mum who was bipolar, and having cared for people and enjoyed it, to get to 60 and not have to think about anyone else, I find it incredibly invigorating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            What to read next<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tessa also speaks about being single after 60 and finding this empowering. Having been an only child, she says, &#8220;You learn as a child to be quite independent and to value your own company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continues, &#8220;For some people, that frightens you as you get older, but personally, I like sitting in my own company and the peace and quiet that comes with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The actress still values connection and the many ways this can be found. She also understands the challenges of finding connection for some older people. 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