The I’m a Celebrity presenter married Ali in 2015
Just like the jungle campmates,Ā I’m a CelebrityĀ hostsĀ Ant McPartlinĀ andĀ Declan DonnellyĀ are miles away from home where they live with their wives and children.
Dec, 49, has been married to his wife Ali Astall for nine years but the start of their relationship was “strange”, as the ITV star put it. “It’s going good. Everything’s hunky-dory,” the TV presenter said back in 2013.
“It was a little strange because we’ve had a working relationship for so long. But because it just happened there was no big ta-da. Things couldn’t be better for me at the minute.”
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Ali and Declan have been married since 2015
Ali worked as Dec’s manager for over a decade before their love story began. Prior to getting together, the Newcastle native datedĀ Grange HillĀ actress Clare Buckfield for 10 years between 1993 and 2003, and television presenter Georgie Thompson from 2009 to 2011.
Dec and Ali’s love story
The pair started dating in 2014 before announcing their engagement in December of that same year. TheĀ Saturday Night TakeawayĀ hostĀ popped the big question on an Australian beach at sunset before travelling to filmĀ I’m A Celebrity.
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Ali worked for the talent agency managing Dec
“We went round to one side of the island, the only place on the island where you can see the sun set, and we just went round and we watched the sunset go down and we did it there, it was lovely,” Dec revealed at the time.
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Ali and Dec live with their children in Chiswick
TheĀ couple went on to tie the knotĀ at St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Elswick in a ceremony officiated by the star’s brother Father Dermott Donnelly who sadly passed away in 2022.
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Newly married Declan and Ali after their wedding at St Michael’s Church, Elswick, Newcastle
Ant performed best man duties on the day and their reception was held at the rural 300-acre estate Matfen Hall.
Dec and Ali are now parents to two children – a daughter named Isla Elizabeth Anne Donnelly who was born in September 2018 and a son Jack Anthony Alphonsus Donnelly whom they welcomed in July 2022.
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Declan was Ant’s best man in 2021
DISCOVER: Ā Declan Donnelly and wife Ali Astall pictured on rare date night away from kids Isla and Jack
The star, who made his name onĀ Byker Grove,Ā keeps his family life out of the public eye but it has been reported that he took on a special role earlier this year when he was made godfather ofĀ Ant’s first childĀ Wilder McPartlin.
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