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.

Given her latest novel centres around a wedding, we assume that she has marriage on the brain.

“Yes, I do want to get married again,” she says emphatically. “We’re very happy and we’re loved up, and we’re delighted to be together but we haven’t got a wedding date yet.

“I think we’ll have an intimate wedding, we don’t want to just squeeze it in, we want it to be a celebration.”

He’s a “kind” man, she adds, and proves the point by telling us he makes her a cup of tea when her alarm goes off at an eye-wateringly early 2.45am every weekday.

“Even though I say to him every time, ‘don’t get up, you go back to sleep’ he always insists on getting me my tea,” she beams. “He’s so kind, and that’s really important to me. I know kindness is a buzzword at the moment, but it’s really important in a relationship.”

Carol wasn’t actively seeking a new relationship and she says she’s learned that “your own happiness is down to you”. That said, he clearly makes her incredibly happy.

“You should be reliant on yourself for happiness” she says, “and if somebody else also makes you happy, that’s a huge bonus.

“I’ve learned that you’re the author of your own destiny, and if you want to remain happy, don’t make your life difficult, and surround yourself with people that lift your spirits.”

Secrets of the Villa Amore by Carol Kirkwood is out now with HarperCollins

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