Perrie Edwards wants kids in three years

Singer Perrie Edwards says she wants children with fiance Zayn Malik in the next three years.

Asked how old she'd want to be when she has her first child, she told The Sun newspaper: "Well, I would say 24 and that's in three years' time for me. It's still quite a while away. My mom was 24, though, so that's always been my ideal age."

The 21-year-old singer has been blamed for Malik's departure from British boyband One Direction but she insists it was solely his choice, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"People have said did I do this, did I do that? No matter what decision he made, I was always going to support him. If he'd wanted to stay, I would have supported him just the same as I have done since he's left... If he's happy then I'm happy.

"He's really good. Hopefully everyone understands that it was one of the hardest decisions he's ever made in his life," she said.