BBC Breakfast’s Carol Kirkwood today revealed on live TV that she is engaged – but the star is keeping the identity of her fiancé secret.
The weatherwoman, 59, couldn’t contain her glee as she offered viewers a glimpse of her new engagement ring this morning while visiting the Chelsea Flower Show.
Carol, who was married to property developer Jimmy Kirkwood for 18 years until they divorced in 2008, is believed to have met the mystery man around five years ago.
Today she waved he engagement ring and told BBC Breakfast hosts Sally Nugent and Jon Kay they are ‘thrilled’ to getting married – and revealed her partner proposed during a picnic.
‘We got engaged when we were on holiday so it’s lovely news and we’re both thrilled,’ Carol said, adding: ‘We went out for a picnic, I had no idea’.
She went on: ‘The weather was glorious. We were sitting, chatting, my other half was a wee bit nervous for some reason that I didn’t know, he was fumbling in his pocket and out came a ring. I thought he…
