It’s been 20 years since I’m A Celebrity finalist Vernon Kay and Strictly Come Dancing host wife Tess Daly first started dating 2001, and that one meeting sparked a love story that has lasted 20 years.
The pair first met at a BBC Christmas party – and haven’t look back since.
Both stars started their showbiz careers by being models and then turned to TV presenting.
Tess previously revealed that the first attraction was instant and powerful.
“It was all quite immediate, really, because we instantly had such a blast together,” she told Fabulous magazine back in 2013.
“I couldn’t imagine having more fun with anyone else.
“It was pretty explosive, I tell you.”
Tess, who has been presenting Strictly since 2004, and Vernon share two daughter’s together – Phoebe, 16, and Amber, 11.
Vernon has been telling sweet stories of the pair’s time together during his stint on the current series of I’m A Celebrity.
In a candid admission Vernon previously revealed that one of the happiest moments in his life was when he asked Tess to marry him in 2002.
The pair met on the set of TV show T4 (Image: Daily Mirror)
Vernon popped the question at her parents’ house in Stockport.
Speaking of the heartwarming moment, he told The Telegraph: “I think it was when I proposed to Tess. On Christmas Day it was, it was the last present under the tree.
“While she was so consumed by the ring, I was on one knee. She was like that [pulls shocked face]. It was awesome.”
“When she opened it up, her face just lit up.”
Vernon and Tess have been together for 20 years (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
It is thought Vernon shelled out a whopping £250,000 for her large emerald cut diamond engagement ring on a platinum band
When the pair got wed in 2003, they opted for a humble wedding at Vernon’s local church, St Mary’s, in his hometown of Horwich, Bolton.
On their big day, Tess looked sensational in a strapless A-line wedding dress by Marina Adanou.
Vernon looked dapper in white suit by Alexandre Savile Row, which he paired with a pink shirt and patterned tie.
Vernon arranged for the pair to renew their vows during a holiday to the South of France five years ago (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Snubbing a posh limo or horse-drawn cart, after the nuptials Vernon instead drove them to their reception in a hired retro VW campervan
Vernon arranged for the pair to renew their vows during a holiday to the South of France five years ago.
The All Star Family Fortunes presenter arranged the venue and even organised a selection of outfit choices for his wife.
He said: “I booked a weekend in our favourite hotel in the South of France and I spoke to her stylist at the time and I said I needed four dresses,” the father-of-two told his campmates.
“She didn’t know anything. I gave her a card and it said congratulations on your second wedding day and I said we’re going to renew our vows.
“She said ‘I’ve got nothing to wear’ and I said ‘you say that… pick one’.”
Vernon added: “We went to reception and her Mum, my parents, the kids and my brother were waiting and she was like ‘oh my god’ – we had such a lovely day.”
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