There's something about Carol! How BBC 天候 星／主役にする, who's 'sunny whatever the 天候', is a poster girl for midlife makeovers - after finding 'freedom' に引き続いて her 離婚, doing 厳密に and 落ちるing in love again in her 50s

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と一緒に the thousands of 祝賀の messages that the news of?Carol Kirkwood's 約束／交戦 to a mystery man has brought, there's more than a few from fans who 収容する／認める they're 絶対 'gutted' that the TV 天候 星／主役にする , who once starred in 厳密に Come Dancing, is waltzing 負かす／撃墜する the aisle.?

BBC Breakfast host Carol, 59, 発表するd the happy news 経由で an impressive sparkler on her wedding （犯罪の）一味 finger during the 7:50am 天候 公式発表 from the Chelsea Flower Show yesterday.?

The smiling presenter told the show's hosts, Sally Nugent and Jon Kay, that she'll marry her long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 partner に引き続いて a 最近の romantic picnic 提案.??

And while there's been plenty of 憶測 over who the lucky groom-to-be might be - the presenter has remained tight-lipped about his 身元, a source for the 星／主役にする 確認するd to MailOnline that a man she was photographed 手渡す-in-手渡す 在庫／株ing up at the supermarket last year with is indeed her new Mr 権利.??

What isn't in 疑問 is the 熱烈な fan に引き続いて that Carol has built up during her nearly 25 years of charming the nation on BBC Breakfast - with many forlorn 信奉者s 宣言するing her new love 'a very, very lucky man' and one bereft fan admitting: 'I thought she'd marry me'.

And 女性（の） admirers are obsessed with her wardrobe, 含むing a carousel of colourful の近くに-fitting dresses and the occa sional にわか雨-proof anorak, which she 定期的に 株 images of on her Instagram 料金d - always with a 天候-主題d 背景. Over on Twitter, more than 230,000 follow her chirpy updates.?

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日光 of her life! The BBC Breakfast 星／主役にする 明らかにする／漏らすd this week that she's 始める，決める to 結婚する her long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 boyfriend, who she once called 'the best thing to happen to men' A source told MailOnline 確認するd the groom-to-be is the one who was photographed with her last year after the shopping trip (pictured) の近くに to her Berkshire home< /p>

The vivacious 気象の presenter, who's the main 天候 錨，総合司会者 on BBC Breakfast, looks more radiant than she ever has - a poster girl for living the good life in middle age - with her career still 繁栄するing as she 長，率いるs for her 60th birthday

A beaming Carol Kirkwood couldn't hide her excitement on Monday as BBC Breakfast presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay helped her to 株 the good news with テレビ視聴者s

The Scottish 天候 presenter, 59, 発表するd her 約束／交戦 on Monday as she chatted to BBC Breakfast hosts Sally Nugent and Jon Kay while she broadcast live from the Chelsea Flower Show

After her 離婚 from her first husband, Northern Irish cricket 星／主役にする Jimmy Kirkwood, she 認める to having a new 賃貸し（する） of life, 説: 'I'm braver now' and going on to 星／主役にする in 厳密に Come Dancing in 2015 (pictured with Pasha Kovalev)

Kirkwood has a 抱擁する 女性（の） fanbase too, with the 天候 presenter 定期的に 株ing images of the 着せる／賦与するs she wears on Instagram, 含むing a carousel of colourful の近くに-fitting dresses and the 時折の にわか雨-proof anorak

All would agree that her 永久的に sunny disposition, whatever the English 天候 is throwing at the nation, has made her a 抱擁する fan favourite - not an 平易な 仕事 on a breakfast show where テレビ視聴者s are the harshest of critics and some of her fellow presenters have 苦しむd 乱用 online.?

The 時折の innuendo - 含むing the time she referred to a '罰金 piece of 支持を得ようと努めるd' on Woolwich Pier in 2017, leaving テレビ視聴者s tittering - has seen her 得る，とらえる the headlines. A true professional ready for any 天候 event, she's also 力／強力にするd on through some embarrassing moments on live TV, 含むing 存在 運ぶ／漁獲高d to the ground by a guide dog at last year's Chelsea Flower Show, and seeing her dress disappear when she 衝突／不一致d with a green 審査する in 2019.?

Indeed, the vivacious 気象の presenter, who's 現在／一般に the main 天候 錨，総合司会者 on BBC Breakfast, looks more radiant than she ever has - a poster girl for living the good life in middle age - with her career still 繁栄するing as she 長，率いるs for her 60th birthday.?

The presenter, who was born in Inverness-shire to hotelier parents and has seven brothers and sisters, hasn't always been so lucky in love though.?

Her first marriage to Northern Irish cricket 星／主役にする Jimmy Kirkwood in the 90s ended in 離婚 - and while Carol, a g raduate of Edinburgh University, hasn't 注ぐd 前へ／外へ on why the marriage broke 負かす／撃墜する, she has frequently alluded to feeling 'freer' without a wedding （犯罪の）一味 on.?

Ki rkwood was dragged to the 床に打ち倒す by a guide dog during live 天候 報告（する）／憶測 from Chelsea Flower Show in 2021. 権利: The 夜明け broadcast ended in giggles as the host fell flat on her 直面する

The 星／主役にする was flooded wi th 祝賀の messages に引き続いて the news of her 約束／交戦 - however, many fans 認める they were 'gutted' the 星／主役にする was no longer 利用できる, with one 説: 'I thought she'd marry me'.

Carol was married to Jimmy Calderwood, a former cricketer, for 18 years until they 分裂（する） up in 2008; speaking about the freedom she felt に引き続いて their break-up, the 星／主役にする, pictured at Wimbledon with her ex husband, 認める she would never have said yes to appearing on 厳密に Come Dancing when she was married

Fresh-直面するd: A photo the presenter 株d on BBC Breakfast of herself in her twenties, Kirkwood walked away from her television career after getting married to Jimmy Kirkwood but would later return to the BBC?

The one-time couple met and married in their twenties and Carol, who'd (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd out a 約束ing television career with the BBC, 現在のing short slots on TV and 無線で通信する channels, left television to 追求する a career in 新規採用, before taking on a 役割 as a training 顧問.

The marriage floundered and a newly-選び出す／独身 Carol embraced the 選び出す／独身 life in middle age - 含むing 説 yes to a stint on 厳密に Come Dancing, where she jived, waltzed and cha-cha-ed her way through the high profile BBC One show with プロの／賛成の ダンサー Pasha Kovalev by her 味方する.

She 認める that she was 'braver' に引き続いて her 離婚 and would never have gone on the show while she was married.??

At the time, she told the Sun: 'I was married for a long time and I got married やめる young so it’s nice doing things I have the freedom to do now.'?

This week, the smiling presenter, pictured during a chilly broadcast, told the show that she'll walk 負かす／撃墜する the aisle with her long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 partner に引き続いて the picnic 提案

The roving 天候 reporter has been sent across the UK during her 役割 as main 天候 presenter, with fans frequently 賞賛するing her cheerful 配達／演説／出産 of 予測（する）s (Pictured at Wimbledon)?

SO, 世界保健機構 IS THE MYSTERY MAN THE PRESENTER ONCE SAID IS THE 'BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO MEN'

Ear lier this year, Carol Kirkwood beamed with excitement as she lovingly held a mystery man's 手渡す ? just months before 発表するing her 約束／交戦 live on TV but failed to 公表する／暴露する her fianc?'s 身元.

Carol has 以前 said she and her partner have both agreed to keep their 関係 私的な, but 噴出するd that he is the 'best thing that's ever happened to me'

The 噴出するing couple were seen wandering around the aisles of a supermarket as they 在庫／株d up on 必須のs and were then pictured 株ing a laugh and a joke as they sat in car to make their way home.

A source told MailOnline that Carol is still with the man she was photographed with last year after the shopping trip の近くに to her Berkshire home and that he is the one she is about to tie the knot with.

The source said: 'They've been an item for やめる a while and are still together. He spends a lot of time at Carol's lovely home by the River Thames. She's gone to 広大な／多数の／重要な lengths to keep 詳細（に述べる）s about him a secret, but it won't stay that way for long. It's just a 事柄 of time before we know more about him.

'They looked very much in love even though they were only shopping in a supermarket and made a lovely couple.'

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Carol has always 賞賛するd the 選び出す／独身 life, telling the Irish Times last year that she was 'やめる happy' going 単独の and enjoying spending time with の近くに friends in the upmarket village of Bray in Berkshire, home to Heston Blumenthal Michelin-星／主役にする eatery The Fat Duck.?

She said of her time as a 選び出す／独身 lady: 'I didn't do any online dating at all. I was やめる happy 存在 選び出す／独身. I met people either through friends or work or other 機能（する）／行事s.

The 天候 星／主役にする continued: 'I only had a couple of boyfriends after I got 離婚d.

'Seems strange calling them 'boyfriends' at my age. But I was never looking for anybody, because I was content and enjoying my life as it was.'

The messages 注ぐing 前へ／外へ on social マスコミ after the BBC published a clip of presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent 申し込む／申し出ing their congratulations were universally 肯定的な, although more than a few male fans 表明するd their heartbreak that Carol is 公式に unavailable.?

@theseanaj_ wrote: '絶対 gutted that I 行方不明になるd my chance that @carolkirkwood is now engaged!!!'

@steve45910 追加するd: 'You’re a dark horse Carol Kirkwood!! Really pleased for you, you’re beautiful and you deserve it so congratulations. Am a little gutted tho, thought you’d marry me one day.'?

@dazzer1972 噴出するd: 'What a 肉親，親類d and gorgeous lady you are and I can’t imagine a luckier person 権利 now then your partner. Congratulations.'