The Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024, external introduced a licensing regime to protect the welfare of primates kept in England.

The council confirmed that Marsh’s primate licence was effective from 6 April, until 5 April 2029.

She said the new regulations were “higher than zoo standards” and feared many small monkeys could be put down or abandoned if their owners were unable to get a new licence.

Marsh rose to fame in the ITV series Essex Wives in 2002 and became a regular face in the tabloid newspapers.

Alpacas, emus and reptiles are among the animals she keeps at the private 3.5-acre (1.4-hectare) Fripps Farm, which she founded in 2020 and used OnlyFans to partly fund.

On Friday, she appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court accused of assaulting a man at the farm in January.

She pleaded not guilty and is due to go on trial in May 2027.

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