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Carol Kirkwood has revealed she’s tied the knot with her partner Steve Randall in Buckinghamshire.
The BBC Breakfast weather presenter, 61, tied the knot on Wednesday, but her nuptials were shared with viewers in a post on X on Friday.
She said: ‘It was the most perfect and romantic and intimate wedding. We are both so incredibly happy.’
Taking to X to share more snaps from her big day, Carol wrote: ‘Thank you so much for all your lovely messages. We had the most perfect day.
‘It was a tiny wedding but so romantic and intimate. A day we will never forget. We are bursting with happiness. It wasn’t a ”secret” wedding, just a private one.’
Carol Kirkwood, 61, has revealed she’s tied the knot with her partner Steve Randall, 48, in Buckinghamshire (pictured in January)
The BBC weather presenter tied the knot in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday, but first announced her nuptials to viewers during BBC Breakfast on Friday
Among those to offer their congratulations was former BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker, who shared a snap of the happy couple on Instagram.
He captioned the post: ‘Congratulations to Carol and Steve. Steve is one very fortunate gentlemen and Carol is the best of us all.
‘She is kind, caring, brilliant at her job and a wonderful person to be around. I wish them every happiness in their new life together.’
In May 2022, Carol revealed live on BBC Breakfast that she and Steve, 48, had got engaged.
The star was reporting from the Chelsea Flower Show at the time when her co-host Sally Nugent jokingly voiced some ‘concern’ for her pal after spotting a ring on her engagement finger.
She said: ‘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!’
Peering down at her hand, Carol replied: ‘Oh, that one? Thank you Sal! It is rather nice, I got engaged.’
Sally responded to the happy news by offering a ‘congratulations’ on behalf of the entire team, before getting permission to ‘confirm to the nation’.
The couple first announced their engagement in May 2022, with Carol proudly showing off her diamond ring at the Chelsea Flower Show
Taking to X to share more snaps from her big day, Carol wrote: ‘Thank you so much for all your lovely messages. We had the most perfect day’
She 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!’
BBC Breakfast co-host Jon Kay added: ‘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.
‘Are you looking for a spot for the marquee while you’re at Chelsea, yeah?’
Carol replied: ‘I’m taking note of all the flowers, Jon. But no, there’s no plans in fruit yet.’
Carol opened up further about how Mr Randall popped the question during an interview with Hello magazine in July last year, where she also confirmed his first name, saying: ‘It was a lovely, sunny day and we had taken a picnic with us, and we were sitting by the river, watching the boats going by.
‘I turned to say, ”What’s wrong?” He was on his knee, and he proposed. At first, I thought he was joking, but he said, ”No no, I really do mean it, Will you marry me?” I said: ”Yes!! Of course!” Aw.’
Carol also revealed she had known Steve before they started dating, adding: ‘I met Steve in my 50s; we were friends before we were romantically linked.
‘He is funny, gorgeous and, also, he is really kind, thoughtful and romantic.’
In August last year during an interview with The Times, Ms Kirkwood told how she celebrated her 60th birthday with Mr Randall with a romantic trip to Venice.
She also beamed about how the pair wanted to go on a road trip in a camper van.
The star hadn’t revealed Steve’s last name, but recently told Prima Magazine he was ‘always making me laugh’, and she described him as ‘extremely handsome’.
She said: ‘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.
‘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.
‘He is the best thing that’s ever happened to me, without a shadow of a doubt.’
The couple went public in February 2023 by attending the star-studded Radio Times Covers Party held at Claridge’s in London, igniting further questions about who Ms Kirkwood was pictured with.
Hampshire-based Randall split from his wife of 12 years Nichola Randall, and mother of their teenage son, in 2017.
His ex-partner posted a message on her Facebook page in June that year suggesting unrest between the couple, it read: ‘And’s now it’s time for me,’ which was met with supportive comments from pals, including one who replied: ‘It’s about time!’
The couple live together in Carol’s £2million home in a gated community in Berkshire, on the banks of the Thames. They are believed to have moved in together last year.
One resident of the complex told MailOnline: ‘Steve’s a great bloke, very friendly and easy to talk to. You don’t see him and Carol out and about that much but when you do, they like walking along the Thames.
‘He was visiting Carol all the time and then moved in last year. They’re both very down to earth and make a lovely couple.’
Another resident said: ‘Steve and Carol are very popular members of this community. You sometimes see them walking around and it’s obvious that they’re both very happy.
‘They’ve always got time for a chat with us and we’re all really happy for them.’
Carol told Prima magazine in 2021 that she and her partner had both agreed to keep their relationship private, but gushed that he is the ‘best thing that’s ever happened to me’.
The presenter was previously married to cricket player Jimmy Kirkwood, but the pair split in 2008 after 18 years of marriage.
Carol previously spoke about her divorce in an interview with the Radio Times.
The couple were pictured together back in 2021, with Carol previously telling Prime Magazine he was ‘always making her laugh,’ and described him as ‘extremely handsome’
The weather presenter had married Jimmy in 1990, but parted ways in 2008. Their divorce was finalised in 2012.
‘I found myself when I got divorced. I started to do things and to think, ‘I’m not going to say no, I’m going to say yes.
‘I’m braver now. I’ve flown with the Red Arrows, jumped out of planes with the Red Devils.’
Following her divorce, Carol went on to star in Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 with her dance partner Pasha Kovalev, and spoke about her love life after the demise of her marriage.
‘I was married for a long time, and I got married quite young, so it’s nice doing things I have the freedom to do now, if I want to go out to the theatre or go out with friends for dinner, I’ve got that freedom.’
A year after starring on the show, Carol said she was seeing someone, stating: ‘I’m very happy in my relationship status at the moment. I’m not single. I’d just started seeing somebody, so it was ok, it didn’t matter.’
