Boffin & the beauty; Hopefully this won't be the wedding car.

Byline: FIONA CUMMINS

SIR Clive Sinclair shows he's back with ex-lap dancer Angie Bowness - and they've even got engaged.

Despite an age gap of 36 years, the couple will marry in the summer when the former Miss England becomes Lady Sinclair.

The inventor, 68 - best known for his failed C5 car - split with Angie 11 years ago but won her back with a pounds 35,000 diamond ring.

A close friend revealed: "Sir Clive never stopped loving Angie.

"He can't believe that after all these years she has finally agreed to become his wife.

"Angie adores Sir Clive and he's the only man she feels she can trust."

They met when single mum Angie, 32, was a dancer at Stringfellows nightclub in London.

But they split in October 1998, three months after businessman Mark Thornton - the father of her son - claimed they had a fling.

Dad-of-three Clive remained friends with Angie and six years ago proposed.

But she turned him down, saying she was too young.

Now she has finally agreed to walk down the aisle with the former Mensa chairman, who has a 159 IQ.

Besotted Clive popped the question in February - and then promptly whisked his new fiancee to exclusive jewellers Aspreys, where he bought the gleaming solitaire, which is flanked by six diamonds.

The friend went on: "He was so overwhelmed she agreed that he wanted to formalise it immediately."

But they have kept their engagement under wraps because Sir Clive was worried about the publicity.

He has lavished Angie with gifts including a pounds 5,000 Tiffany necklace and a pounds 35,000 Audi TT.

Angie owns two homes but has moved into Sir Clive's pounds 5million flat overlooking Trafalgar Square.

The pal went on: "She is overjoyed at the prospect of becoming Lady Sinclair and is not at all concerned about the age gap."

Sir Clive is also brilliant with Angie's son Marcus, now 11. He is best known for inventing the C5, a batterypowered car that was probably his greatest commercial flop.

The keen poker player was also the brains behind the ZX80, the UK's first home computer for under pounds 100.

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