I thought I was marrying the wealthy aristocrat man of my dreams... then I discovered his horrifying secret double life

Megan Clarke was conscionable weeks distant from 1 of nan biggest days of her life - a wedding pinch nan man of her dreams. 

Having met her charming and able aristocrat fiancée, Lord Bertie Underwood, successful a barroom successful 2017, nan mates were smitten and had been making love for almost a twelvemonth erstwhile they decided to wed. 

But aft a number of discerning reddish flags, Megan realised, conscionable 2 months earlier nan ceremonial that her early hubby to beryllium was not who he said he was. 

The 27-year-old discovered Bertie Underwood didn't beryllium and was conscionable a number of aliases her partner had utilized to instrumentality women conscionable for illustration her. 

She realised Bertie's existent sanction was Robert Madejski, a serial fraudster who had a drawstring of erstwhile conman convictions. 

To make things worse Megan besides recovered retired Robert had racked up £30,000 worthy of indebtedness successful her sanction aft mounting up galore in installments cards pinch her specifications - a sum which she is still paying off. 

Megan met Robert erstwhile he stumbled into a barroom she was moving successful connected nan Isle of Wight successful nan summertime of 2017. 

Robert introduced himself arsenic Lord Bertie Underwood, a able aristocrat whose awesome great grandad had invented nan Underwood typewriter. 

The brace instantly deed it off, pinch Robert moreover sending flowers to work, earlier asking her connected a date. 

Robert took her to a fancy edifice wherever they enjoyed a 3 people repast and began to unfastened up to each different astir their lives. 

From then, their narration progressed rapidly, arsenic Robert showered her successful lavish gifts from Harrods, took her to London for luxurious dates and often drove her information successful his Bentley. 

After conscionable 1 period of seeing each other, Megan moved into Robert's three-storey location connected nan Isle of Wight seafront. 

Then connected Christmas day, Robert projected pinch a Cartier gem ring. 

Having been swept up successful a whirlwind romance, Megan agreed to wed him, moreover being told that erstwhile wed, she would person nan title of Lady. 

But things soon began to unravel conscionable arsenic quickly arsenic letters base nan names of different group soon began arriving astatine their door. 

Robert initially told Megan they were addressed to nan erstwhile tenants, but she didn't bargain it. 

She told nan Sun: 'I asked Bertie and his cognition changed instantly. He unopen it down rather quickly and sewage very protect and irate.

'It's decidedly erstwhile I started questioning everything.'

Megan started investigating and aft a hunt of his office, she recovered aggregate cards belonging to nan aforesaid names arsenic those connected nan letters. 

Megan googled each of nan names - only to make nan harrowing find that her husband-to-be was not who he said he was. 

Megan uncovered his existent personality as Robert Madejski and was met pinch a image of his mugshot and news of his agelong history of fraud. 

It emerged that nary of what Robert had told her was existent - he was not nan heir to a able property nor was his occupation arsenic a watchmaker. 

Even nan gem engagement ringing he sewage her was a fake.  

She besides realised Robert had been taking retired in installments cards successful her name, which had near her £30,000 successful indebtedness - a immense measure that she is still paying off. 

Megan reported Robert to nan police, only for him to spell connected nan run. 

She besides posted connected Facebook, telling group astir Robert's criminal inheritance and really he was capable to con present pinch galore lies - successful a bid to dispersed consciousness astir nan serial fraudster successful nan hopes of getting him caught

But this again led to immoderate much shocking truths. 

People came guardant astir their encounters pinch Robert and revealed they had been seeing him during his narration pinch Megan - not only was he a serial conman, he was besides a serial cheat. 

Megan told Metro: 'Every azygous personification he's done this to and had intersexual relationships pinch person been different. 

'There is perfectly nary shape successful type, gender, aliases age, which makes maine deliberation location weren't existent feelings ever involved.' 

Robert was yet caught by constabulary and handed a 5 twelvemonth jailhouse condemnation for unrelated fraud charges. 

However, he escaped from situation successful May 2022 and is still connected nan run.  

Megan precocious revealed that he has been avoiding constabulary by moving betwixt aggregate addresses successful London and Henley connected Thames. 

She added that he has been posing arsenic the Viscount of Norfolk and utilizing nan sanction Leopold Fitz-Allen Howard, while continuing to scam group retired of thousands of pounds. 

Meanwhile, Megan has continued to salary disconnected her debt, aft nan Police Action Fraud squad were incapable to thief her out, utilizing money from her photography business.

Reflecting connected her narration pinch Robert, Megan said while she remains 'very overmuch a happy and affirmative person', she is simply a batch much wary of what group 'are tin of'.

She admitted she still struggles to get her caput astir nan 'bizarre' ordeal and heartbreakingly, questions whether she tin ever perpetrate to getting joined again. 

She told Metro: 'Maybe I will consciousness otherwise if I americium successful emotion again 1 day. We will spot what nan early holds.'