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Claudia Winkleman posed on the red carpet with her rarely-seen husband Kris Thykier at the Is This Thing On premiere on Tuesday.
The BBC presenter has taken over television this autumn, fronting The Celebrity Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing.
And Claudia enjoyed a well-needed night out with her beloved film producer husband, both 53, at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival.
The TV icon looked incredibly chic in a brown tweed blazer and long flared tailored trousers.
Claudia and Kris tied the knot in June 2000 and went on to welcome children, Jake, 22, Matilda, 19, and Arthur, 14.
Speaking to The Sunday Times about the secret to the longevity of their marriage last year, she quoted Gwyneth Paltrow’s director father, Bruce Paltrow.
Claudia said: ‘Bruce was asked, “You’ve had a long marriage, didn’t you want to get divorced?” And he went, “Sure, but never at the same time.” Best. Line. Ever. I feel incredibly lucky.’
She went on: ‘I can’t talk much about Kris or he’ll be sick but he’s incredibly Scandi. None of it’s my job, it’s always our job. He’s never said, “What’s for dinner?” It would be, “What are we having for dinner? Should I make something?” It’s a tiny inflection, but it is different.
‘Or, “What day do the kids go back to school?” He doesn’t ask me that. He looks it up. His whole family’s the same.’
She previously explained how she manages to balance her career with her home life, quipping ‘my husband is a better parent than me.’
‘We share, and when one of us is snowed under, the other person will help. He knows that in the lead-up to the Strictly final, for example, I’m useless, so he might be in charge of getting Christmas presents for our nephews and nieces…
She added that between the two of them, Kris is definitely more lovey-dovey, saying: ‘I’m not a romantic person, he’s much more romantic than me, the poor guy!’
The TV personality also confessed her children beg her to give them some space during the 10 months of the year when she’s not busy presenting Strictly Come Dancing.
Speaking to Daily Mail in 2023, Claudia blamed the ‘awful’ habit on her former newspaper editor mum Eve Pollard, 81.
She began: ‘I get on the tube all the time but I’ve never been recognised in my life, never in my life. I’m on there four times a day with my kids…’
‘I’m on telly sometimes but only for two months in the year and the rest of the time, I zip around. For the rest of the year, I lick the children.
‘I follow them around and I’m a very annoying human being to them. They say, “Mum give us some space,” and I say “no”. I’m awful. It comes from my own mum.’
