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Paralympics host Clare Balding on lasting impact of her cancer diagnosis after going through a ‘dark stage’

Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics presenter Clare Balding said she now fears ill health in a resurfaced 2013 interview.

Clare Balding is a well-respected broadcaster who can turn her hand to anything (Credit: Cover Images) Asked when the last time she felt true happiness was, Clare recalled a weekend away with her wife Alice Arnold. “Four years ago I went through a dark stage where I was ill with thyroid cancer and, when I recovered, my attitude to life changed. Clare tied the knot with broadcaster and journalist Alice, 62, in 2006 and they live in London.

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