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Clare Balding on why she didn’t have children with wife Alice: ‘I just never had that urge’

TV legend Clare Balding previously opened up about her decision not to have children with wife Alice Arnold

The pair have been together for years (Credit: SplashNews.com) Clare met Alice Arnold in 1999 at work, when the latter was a BBC Radio 4 announcer and newsreader. Clare explained: “My brother Andrew’s relationship with his wife Anna Lisa is almost as long-standing as mine with Alice, and all they were ever asked is ‘When are you getting married?’ and ‘When are you having children?’. Back in 2006, before gay marriage was legalised in the UK, Clare and Alice entered into a civil partnership.

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