Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch has denied rumours that he doesn’t like Amy’s husband Blake Fielder-Civil - or that there is any tension between newlyweds themselves.

Mitch has been rumoured to consider Blake a bad influence on Amy and to be angry over the couple’s decision to marry in a quickee, private ceremony in Florida. However now the taxi driver has said the rumours couldn’t be further from the truth: “[Blake is] the perfect son-in-law. Blake is a traditional man.”

“He asked me one night if I would mind if he asked Amy to marry him. I told him I didn’t mind at all and to go for it. I liked him for what he did. It showed respect towards me and Amy. He’s been very good to her and I was happy to welcome him into the family.”

“Any loves him and that’s what’s important. I’ve never seen her as happy as she is at the moment. All this stuff about her and Blake arguing and not getting on is a load of rubbish.”