ALMOST a quarter of Britons regret getting married to their spouses while 15 percent of newlyweds-to-be will walk down the aisle with misgivings, according to a survey last week.

It found that while most people married because of true love, a third of couples did so just because they wanted to have children or had bought a house together.

The findings also revealed that 23 percent of people would not marry their partner if they could go back in time, and 14 percent wished they had married someone else they had met in their past.

Fifteen percent of husbands and wives also lied to each other about their love lives, with most decreasing the number of previous sexual partners although two percent admitted boosting the number.