Take Me Out star Lily-Mae Fisher becomes one of only seven women to earn the coveted Royal Marines Green Beret

A FORMER contestant on TV dating show Take Me Out is one of seven women in seven years to earn the Commandos’ coveted Green Beret.

Lily-Mae Fisher passed the grueling All Arms Command course that culminated in a 30-mile speed march with weapons and equipment on Dartmoor.

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The Royal Navy said pilot appearing on the popular ITV1 dating showpresented by Paddy McGuinnessten years ago was “one of the most surreal five days of my life.”

Lily-Mae added: “From filming in the UK to going to the ‘Isle of Fernando’ [Tenerife]and then returned to college as if nothing had happened.

“Something I will remember forever and what a fun few days it was!”

The 13-week All Arms Commando course is open to soldiers, sailors and RAF members who work with the Royal Navy.

When they pass, they may wear a green beret and command flashes.

But there are still no women in the Royal Marines – Britain’s elite naval infantry.

In a freedom of information request, the Department of Defense said only about 20 women had joined the pre-training fitness programs since the combat roles opened in 2018.

And “fewer than ten” went on to the first stage of basic training in Lympstone, Devon.

A source said: “The Ministry of Defense would do anything for a woman to pass the main 32-week course. But the regiment does not want to give women special treatment.”

The Royal Navy said: “All branches of the Marines are open to all regardless of gender.”

Last year the regiment received 1,640 expressions of interest from women to join.

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Norman hero dies

By Ed Southgate

ONE of the youngest D-Day commandos – who stormed Normandy at the age of 18 – has died aged 98.

Norman Rose crawled virtually twelve miles to reach a port with 4,000 Nazis in 1944, explaining, “If you got up, you were dead.”

He became a nuclear physicist.

Norman, who was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 2016, was buried in Brecon yesterday.