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Inside Steve Backshall’s romance with famous wife – tragic loss of one of their twins; Cornish wedding; winning gold for her kids

Steve Backshall and his famous wife, Helen Glover, once suffered a heartbreaking loss when they lost one of their unborn twins.

In 2014, former Strictly Come Dancing star Steve – who features on Bridge of Lies today (Saturday, June 28) – and Olympian Helen met for the first time whilst taking part in a Sport Relief event at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Helen announced the exciting news on social media by sharing a photo posing against a sunset with her baby bump showing. Three years later, Helen returned to the Olympics, and explained that she didn’t want to come home empty-handed, and having her kids watching her was a huge motivation.

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