Clapton to be father again

Eric Clapton is to become a father again with his 25-year-old wife.

The 57-year-old guitarist and graphic designer Melia McEnery already have one child, Julie Rose, who was born last June.

The couple got married last New Year's Day in a surprise ceremony at his Surrey home.

Clapton met Melia in Los Angeles in the late Nineties. He was said to be impressed when she did not "fawn over him like a groupie".

A report in Star magazine reveals the couple broke the news of the second pregnancy to Melia's parents after summoning them to England to hear the good news. Melia is said to be feeling like a "million bucks".

A source told the magazine: "Eric is elated about the new arrival. He's pretty fertile for a 57-year-old guy."

Former drug addict Clapton's darkest days came in 1991 in New York when his four-year-old son Conor fell to his death from a 57th floor flat.