Actress and comedian Miranda Hart said “I’m thrilled to be a young bride at 51”, and she married her “best friend” after years of being “housebound with chronic illness”. Hart, who starred in her self-titled TV sitcom from 2009 until 2015, appeared on The One Show to promote her new book, I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You, to be released on October 10th. Advertisement She said “it’s been a tough few years” as she battled Lyme disease, but that it “hasn’t all been doom and gloom”, before announcing her wedding news.

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com/SpifsLrazx — BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) October 8, 2024 Advertisement “Someone put a ring on it,” Hart said. “I got married at 51, and it’s just so lovely. Advertisement “I’d written Gary for on-screen Miranda, and it wasn’t until I was 49 that I met my person, and I met him, and it’s a little undercurrent in the book.

“I’m not going to reveal how we met as that is a little bit of a twist.” Hart said her husband was not Tom Ellis, the actor who played her on-screen lover Gary Preston in the BBC sitcom. “He’s my best friend, we have the best fun, and I’m just thrilled to be a young bride at 51,” she added.

Advertisement Thanks for being happy that I am happy. People are very kind. How we met is a little twist in the book I hope y.