Among the other biggest regrets cited by the over-60s, romance featured heavily.
One third of British women (30 per cent), and almost two thirds of men (58 per cent) regretted not dating more people before settling down, while three in ten (31 per cent) regretted letting their one perfect partner slip through their fingers.

Worryingly, nearly a quarter of all men (23 per cent) and a third of all women (30 per cent) regretted marrying the wrong person.