Kate Beckinsale has expressed her delight that she will be celebrating her fourth wedding anniversary this year.

However, the beautiful Brit actress has claimed being married to director Len Wiseman can be difficult because he puts so many hours into his work.

Perhaps the Die Hard director could spend a little extra time on special anniversary gifts for his Pearl Harbour actress wife.

Kate reportedly told World Entertainment News Network: "Any more than three years is a really long time to be married here in Hollywood. I feel like we're oddly-weds rather than newlyweds, like we're in our dotage or something."

The glamorous pair may do well to take some advice off Clarence and Mayme Vail in Minnesota.

Celebrating their 83rd wedding anniversary this year, the elderly couple are perhaps to set a new record for the longest marriage in history.

Currently being checked by the Guinness Book of Records, the key to this long-lasting marriage is patience, according to 99-year-old Mayme.