United Kingdom, June 26 -- Sophie Ellis-Bextor will always "choose" her husband over her children.

The Murder on the Dancefloor hitmaker has been married to Richard Jones - with whom she has sons Sonny, 21, Kit, 16, Ray, 13, Jesse, nine, and six-year-old Mickey - since 2005 and she credits some advice she was given from her mother, Janet Ellis, for their long relationship as the former Blue Peter presenter told them to always put each other before anyone else.

She told the new issue of Good Housekeeping UK magazine: "When we got married, we'd already had our first baby.

"My mum said: 'Make sure you always choose each other over anything else, even the kids.'

"She was right. Even though the kids might roll their eyes if they see us hug...