Ruth Langsford was stunned when Eamonn Holmes proposed out of the blue. The couple, who have 18-year-old son Jack together, started going out in 1997 after being introduced by their mutual friend, TV presenter Sally Meen.
They decided to keep their relationship secret for two years to be sensitive to Eamonn's first wife, Gabrielle Holmes, and their three children.
The blossoming couple kept a very low profile at the start, never holding hands in public and rarely attending events together, which made Ruth love him even before.
After well over a decade together, Eamonn lovingly asked Ruth's mother for her hand in marriage because her father was in the late stages of Alzheimer.
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