A woman has recounted the devastating story of how she discovered her fiancé had been lying about his entire life just weeks before their wedding.
Most of us are guilty of telling the odd white lie when dating, but how far would you go in order to impress a potential significant other?
For Megan Clarke, 27, she thought she’d found her happy ever after when she begun a relationship with Lord Bertie Underwood, a charming horologist (someone who makes and repairs watches).
Although she wasn’t looking to settle down, Megan – who was 20 years old at the time and working as a bar manager on the Isle of Wright – was soon swept off her feet by the dashing Lord, who treated her to luxurious date nights and invited her to live in his lavish seafront home.
“He was charming, kind, thoughtful, loving. A real gentleman,” Megan recounted of their relationship during an interview with Metro.
The relationship moved quickly. Within a month the pair had said ‘I love you’ and Bertie would pop the question six months later, surprising Megan with a Cartier diamond ring.
However if things sound almost too good to be true, there’s a chance that something more sinister is lurking beneath the surface.
Bertie would request that Megan didn’t post his face on social media, claiming it was because of his dad’s high-ranking career in the navy (which in hindsight should be the second red flag after the name ‘Lord Bertie Underwood’).
However the fairytale would begin to unravel when Megan noticed letters arriving at their home under various different names. Bertie claimed they were for previous tenants, but the former bar manager was not convinced and decided to investigate further.
What Megan then discovered would bring her world crashing down entirely.
However not everything was as it seemed.
Megan later discovered that Bertie had multiple bank cards under various aliases and after googling the names, she uncovered that her Lord actually had a long track record for fraud, using names such as Robert Doughty and Robert Soanes-Madejski to get away with his crimes.
The truth devastated Megan, who would be dealt another crushing blow once the pair split – with ‘Bertie’ having racked up around £30,000 of debt in her name.
“We went to the police and action fraud,” she recalled to The Sun. “[But] unfortunately there wasn’t a great deal they could do.”
Megan has since worked to pay off the debts and rebuild her life while ‘Bertie’ has since been arrested on fraud charges and sentenced to five years in prison. However he escaped in 2022 and currently remains on the run.
The fact that ‘Bertie’ is now on the run is something which has left Megan unsettled, as she added to Metro that she would ‘freeze’ if she encountered him on the street.
Megan’s story appears as part of the series Love Cheats, which is available to watch on Channel 4.
Can You Spot the Mistake in This Puzzle?
Over the years, many people have made solving puzzles their favorite leisure time. They range in difficulty from ones that appear to take an eternity to ones that can be finished in a matter of seconds. The mystery and attractiveness of certain puzzles are increased by their unsolved nature
Views on puzzles are divided; some people adore them, while others don’t. Regardless of your enjoyment level, solving puzzles is an excellent mental workout. They inspire us to think creatively and unconventionally in order to solve issues.
A certain conundrum that has been circulating on the internet lately has many people perplexed. It doesn’t even appear to be a puzzle at first glance. The image consists only of the digits 1 through 15 arranged side by side, along with a statement requesting that viewers repost the image if they discover any errors.
At first glance, everything appears to be in order. There are no errors in the sequence of numbers one through fifteen; they are all present and accounted for. You could go over the figures a few times to make sure there are no discrepancies, but everything seems to be in order.
You might think beyond the box as a result of this. Is the missing zero the cause of the error? Or should the number sixteen be a part of the puzzle? Perhaps there’s a problem with the spacing? It’s flawless when you inspect the spacing. Is it possible that a 1 is misinterpreted for an I? No, they’re all unmistakably 1. Is the six not quite right? No, it’s also flawless. Where is the mistake, then?
You may eventually notice that they’re asking you to locate the “mitsake” rather than the error and turn your attention from the numbers to the instructions. That’s correct: the term
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