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Holly Willoughby: Inside her marriage and family life with Dan Baldwin

The This Morning star is head over heels in love

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Holly Willoughby is known to many as the face of This Morning, but behind the scenes in her personal life, she’s also a loving wife to husband Dan and mother to three gorgeous kids.

Holly has been married for years, but she keeps her personal life relatively private.

But who is her husband, and what is their family life like?

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Holly Willoughby is the regular host of This Morning (Credit: Splash News)

Is This Morning star Holly Willoughby married?

Holly is married to husband Dan Baldwin.

The couple met in 2004 while Dan was working on the show Ministry Of Mayhem. Holly presented the show alongside Stephen Mulhern and Michael Underwood.

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They were friends for six months before they started dating, and kept their relationship secret for an incredible eight months.

Holly married Dan in 2007 and the couple share three children together – Harry, Belle and Chester.

The ITV star was taken by complete surprise when Dan popped the big question.

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This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby is married to husband Dan Baldwin (Credit: Splash News)

How did Dan Baldwin and Holly Willoughby get engaged?

He proposed to Holly in 2006 on the day they moved in together.  The Celebrity Juice star was in the bath at the time!

She later revealed: “I didn’t have the slightest hint it would happen. It was a complete surprise.”

The pair are quite private about their personal lives, but that hasn’t stopped them from gushing about each other.

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“We still fancy the pants off each other!” Holly told OK!.

“I remember one of the first moments I realised how strongly I felt about Dan. It was quite early on in our relationship and I went on holiday with Fearne Cotton, and Dan had made me a CD of his favourite songs.

I mean obviously I love Dan. We really have a good laugh together.

“I mean obviously I love Dan. We really have a good laugh together and I don’t want to sound like a massive cliché but we get on really well… I rely on him for a lot of stuff. I think we just work better as a pair.”

What does Dan Baldwin do for a living?

Dan was born in 1975, which makes him six years older than Holly.

Dan also works on TV. However, unlike Holly, he spends his time behind the camera.

He’s a television producer and has worked on shows including Ministry of Mayhem, Through the Keyhole and Celebrity Juice.

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This Morning star Holly Willoughby lives at her home in London with her husband and children (Credit: Splashnews)

Where does This Morning star Holly Willoughby live?

Holly Willoughby and Dan Baldwin live together at their £3 million Edwardian house in south-west London.

The six-bedroom home even has its very own allotment in the sprawling back garden.

The couple has struggled since 2011 to extend the house. They’ve made more than 14 planning applications, but all have so far been rejected by their local council.

Who are the couple’s children?

The 40-year-old TV presenter is already mum to Harry, 12, Belle, 10, and seven-year-old Chester with Dan.

She recently confessed that she isn’t likely to have any more children, despite a desire to add to their brood.

“There’s part of me that would love to have another baby but it isn’t fair to take myself away from the kids I do have, especially when I work as hard as I do and I have my own passions I want to nourish,” she told You Magazine.

Why did Holly take a break from This Morning?

Holly was off for two weeks while she filmed her new reality TV show.

The This Morning presenter is joining Lee Mack and extreme athlete Wim “The Iceman” Hof to host a new show called Superstar Survival.

Who is Holly’s sister?

Kelly Willoughby is Holly’s older sister.

She’s previously described the differences in their personalities like “chalk and cheese”, but the pair has always been close.

“We’re more like friends than sisters,” Holly said previously.

“We even bought a place together in Putney. You would expect some fireworks, but because we have the same friends and have different roles within that group, none of that ever came into it.

“I’m more likely to be the one to say everyone back to mine and cook for everyone, whereas she’s much better at tidying up.”

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