BBC Breakfast’s resident weather presenter Carol Kirkwood has announced she is engaged to her “extremely handsome” partner.
It comes after plenty of BBC Breakfast fans spotted her wearing a glitzy silver ring on her ring finger – leaving plenty of speculation on social media.
And after a while, as Carol continued to present the weather from the Chelsea Flower Show for BBC Breakfast, presenter Sally Nugent couldn’t help but quiz her on it.
She told a beaming Carol: “I’m a little bit concerned about you this morning. I don’t know how you’re managing to stand up with that giant rock on your left hand, Carol!” as her co-star Jon Kay collapsed into giggles.
Glancing down at her hand, Carol joked: “Oh, that one? Thank you Sal! It is rather nice, I got engaged.”
Sally gushed: “Congratulations from all of us! It’s the happiest news, we are so, so delighted. Congratulations.”
But she then appeared to backtrack, asking Carol: “Can we confirm to the nation what’s happened?”
Thankfully, a giggling Carol said: “Yes! I think you just have, Sal. Yes, I got engaged. We got engaged when we were on holiday. So it’s lovely news and we’re both thrilled, so thank you!”
Jon then interjected: “We’re all thrilled, we’re all so chuffed for you Carol, on behalf of all the team here and everybody watching, I’m sure. Absolutely delighted.”
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The cast and crew then erupted into applause, as Jon joked: “Are you looking for a spot for the marquee while you’re at Chelsea, yeah?”
Sally joked at Carol’s silence: “She’s not giving anything away!”, as the weather presenter said: “I’m taking note of all the flowers, Jon. But no, there’s no plans in fruit yet.”
Sally then said: “Congratulations Carol, we love you both. It’s brilliant, brilliant news.”
Back in the studio, Sally admitted she’d known about the engagement “for a while”, adding: “It’s been really hard. I managed to keep that secret.”
Jon explained: “Sally spotted the ring in the first hit we went to Carol at about six o’clock, and you were like ‘ding!’ She’s wearing it! Well spotted.”
Sally said: “We’re going to have a BBC Breakfast wedding, everyone!” before joking she’d have to find a hat suitable for the occasion.
Carol has kept her mystery partner out of the spotlight for the most part, explaining upon the release of her debut novel Under a Greek Moon: “I don’t want to say too much about my boyfriend, but I will say that he is very kind and very funny – he’s always making me laugh. And extremely handsome, as well!”
She added to Prima Magazine: “He always makes me a cup of tea before I go to work in the morning, which is very romantic – it’s 2.45am!
“And he often leaves me a little love note for when I come home from work.
“That, to me, is worth a million red roses.”
BBC Breakfast airs daily from 6am on BBC One.
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