A BRIT gran wed to an Egyptian toyboy 45 years her junior fears time is running out for the couple as she could "drop dead" before they reunite.
Iris Jones, 81, from Somerset, married Mohamed Ahmed Ibriham in Cairo in November last year, after meeting him on Facebook in 2019.
She later returned home to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, leaving him in Egypt – where he is now stuck amid a visa delay.
The pensioner now admits she fears bureaucracy will mean she will never reunite with the man of her dreams.
"I’m separated from someone I love, it’s so hard," she told the Metro.
"I haven’t got age on my side. I could drop dead tomorrow. Every day is precious."
Her fears come after she admitted to feeling "skint and alone" after returning to the UK without her lover.
In January, the pensioner had Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield in hysterics when she boasted about using "an entire tub of KY jelly" during her first night of passion with Mohamed.
Now, her new husband is reportedly struggling to secure a spousal visa for the UK with Iris unsure about when they will be reunited.
Previously speaking to Metro, she revealed that she is relying on Mohamed joining her in her bungalow in Weston-super-Mare as she won't be returning to Egypt for the fourth time.
Iris admitted that the trips so far have been very expensive and that the environment in Egypt is ill-suited to her health.
She said: "I get days when I’m alright and other days when I’m just crying all the time. I’m separated from someone I love, it’s so hard. I haven’t got time on my side, his lawyers know that."
She said that she's been "at Mohamed" about insisting his law firm "hurry up with the visa" and that she "doesn't know what the delay is".
The wait certainly hasn't been easy for Iris who said she's been "suffering from headaches and stress", desperate for her man to join her.
She said: "I’m going to the doctor to get a letter saying I’ve got so many health issues I need my husband with me in Britain, hoping they’ll bend the rules a bit and let him come over and look after me."
Following their This Morning interview, Iris' son Stephen Jones, 53, told The Sun that the couple's relationship had torn his family apart and vowed to NEVER Mohamed his stepdad.
However, Iris has now revealed that both Stephen and her younger son Darren, 53, have come to terms with her relationship.
She said: "My boys are now accepting of the fact that this is genuine. We genuinely love one another."
The couple first connected on social media last summer when Iris joined a Facebook group exploring atheism.
The grandmother flew out to Egypt in November and later admitted that they'd gone to bed together just hours after meeting.
Mohamed reportedly gave up his job as a welding inspector to spend more time with Iris in Cairo.
He previously said: "I was very nervous but the moment I laid eyes on her I knew that it was true love. I’m a very lucky man to have found a woman like this."
Since returning to her home in Weston-super-Mare on December 11, Iris said she is looking into selling her bungalow so she can relocate to Bristol or Birmingham with Mohammed when he gets his visa.
She added: "I have told Mohamed he has to come here to see me but if he is not granted a visa, I don’t know what’s going to happen.
"He wants to come over here to look after me. All I want is for us to be together."
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