A 56-year-old woman in Britain is all set to marry again -- for the ninth time. The latest dream man in her life is 32 years younger to her.

Pat Higgins has hooked Mark Sanderson, 24, and the pair held an engagement party, The Sun reported Friday.

Sanderson's friends say that he is besotted with her, despite the fact that she's seven years older than his mother.

'It's his first proper girlfriend and he's fallen head over heels. But he's ended up with someone who eats younger men for breakfast,' a friend was quoted as saying.

Higgins had wed three times before Mark was even born. Her first marriage was in 1974 and the shortest marriage lasted barely five days. The longest marriage was for five years.

She has always gone for men who are younger than her.

Higgins had told The Sun on an earlier occasion: 'I'm hooked on marriage...But men my own age are boring and I'm certainly not ready for the shawl and hot milk just yet.'