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Inside Clare Balding and wife Alice’s romance – ultimatum and threat to leave, why they didn’t have kids, meeting while seeing other people

TV legend Clare Balding is happily married to wife Alice Arnold - but it hasn’t always been rosy for the couple

Presenter Clare, 54, has been a staple on screens for years – hosting the likes of Wimbledon, the Olympics, Channel 4’s Paralympics and America’s Biggest Dog Show: Westminster 2025 – which is on today (April 12). The pair have been together for years (Credit: SplashNews.com) Clare eventually met Alice Arnold in 1999 at work, when the latter was a BBC Radio 4 announcer and newsreader. It wasn’t easy at the start of their romance (Credit: SplashNews.com) Back in 2006, before gay marriage was legalised in the UK, Clare and Alice entered into a civil partnership.

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