Although she might be best-known to millions as the face of Breakfast weather - after all she did join BBC News in 1998 and has stayed put ever since - Carol Kirkwood is also a best-selling writer.
With her third book, Secrets of the Villa Amore, about to hit shelves, we caught up with the 61-year-old who admits she is enjoying loved-up, pre wedding bliss with police officer fiancé Steve Randall.
Aside from her literacy success, there’s equally exciting things going on in Carol’s life at the moment, especially when it comes to her life away from Breakfast.
After divorcing Jimmy, her husband of 25 years in the late 2000s, Carol embarked on a new relationship with Steve, who is 13 years her junior in 2021, and he popped the question last year.
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