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However, Carol has previously opened up about their divorce, adding she was relatively young when she first got married.

“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,” she told The Sun.

In her 2021 book, Under The Greek Moon, Carol admitted the divorce was “all so shocking to me”, and recalled how she’d break down in tears behind the scenes on BBC Breakfast before putting on a smile for the camera again.

She said: “In a funny way though, that helped with the healing process. I put my grief into a compartment which I kept separate from my work, otherwise I’d have ended up in a puddle of tears. Work kept me going.”