“I think they (pre-nups) are disgusting. I could understand if you’re 93 and you’ve got billions of pounds and this 24-year-old wants to marry you in a month.

“But we’re a work in progress, we’re going to build our married life together not thinking about if it ever ends.”

A source close to Cheryl’s family added: “She is a canny businesswoman but in matters of love, she believes the heart should rule the head to a certain extent.”