This Morning’s Gyles Brandreth looks unrecognisable in a throwback snap from his wedding day, as he celebrates over half a century of marriage with wife Michele Brown.
The 62-year-old TV personality and Royal enthusiast has been happily married to Michele for an impressive 51 years. To commemorate their recent anniversary on June 8, Gyles posted a nostalgic photo from their wedding day back in 1973.
In the picture, the star is seen looking dapper in a striped suit, shirt, and tie, sporting a full head of hair as he poses next to his bride outside Marylebone Register Office in London. His wife Michele looks stunning, smiling at the camera in a black dress adorned with daisies.
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Gyles captioned the post: “‘A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature’- Ralph Waldo Emerson” and then added: “(The picture is of me and my wife, Michele, outside Marylebone Register Office in London, on our wedding day: 8 June 1973. )”
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Fans were quick to congratulate the couple on their enduring union. One follower commented: “Happy anniversary.” Another added: “A beautiful picture. Firstly, Congratulations on your 51st Anniversary – it’s a long time. Secondly, love the style and fashions of the times-especially the haircuts and clothes. “
Gyles Brandreth, a familiar face on ITV, has also been stirring the pot with his contentious views on This Morning. The telly veteran recently made a shocking admission on his Rosebud podcast, claiming he ‘blames himself’ for the untimely demise of iconic entertainer Rod Hull.
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Rod Hull, famed for his hilarious emu antics that saw the likes of Michael Parkinson become unwitting victims, met a tragic end in 1999 when he fell from his bungalow’s roof during a storm, suffering fatal injuries. In a candid confession on his podcast earlier this month, Gyles recounted the fateful night: “I killed a man – it was Rod Hull, the emu man.
“We were at the theatre, we were at the first night of Animal Crackers – it was a show about the Marx brothers. Terrible, terrible weather that night. And he was sitting next to me, and he was complaining all through the show – was interrupting the show almost – going on about how he wanted to get home because he wanted to watch the football, but his Sky aerial wasn’t transmitting properly.
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“And I said, ‘Don’t moan about it, if you want to watch the television get a ladder out, climb on to the roof, and fix it Rod.’ And after the show, in this stormy weather, he went home, he got out a ladder, he climbed the ladder, and he tried to fix the aerial. Unfortunately the wind was very great and he fell backwards off the ladder and killed himself. So I wasn’t actually there, but I’d encouraged him.”
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