Who is lucy worsleys partner

Lucy Worsley is a familiar face on our screens thanks to her popular BBC programmes in which she combines her presenting skills with her expert knowledge of history. And now, the TV regular is fronting a brand new show to get us in the mood for Christmas.

A Merry Tudor Christmas will see the historian explore dresses, food and drinks from years ago. Find out about her husband below…. Lucy's husband is architect Mark Hines. The pair met in the late nineties when the presenter was working at the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The couple eventually tied the knot in November , enjoying nine years of marital bliss ever since. MORE: 10 most googled shows of revealed - did you watch them all?

Lucy and Mark do not have children. Speaking to The Times back in , Lucy opened up about her decision not to have kids. Not registered? Register here. Worsley is co-presenting a new documentary series on the history of dance called Dancing Cheek to Cheek with Strictly judge Len Goodman, and at a preview screening last night she revealed the strictures of her marriage.

Stars who appear on Strictly often waltz off home with their new dancing partner, ever since newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky won the first series and there were rumours of a fling with partner Brendan Cole. Her way around the marital dilemma was trying all the historical dances — from minuets to the Charleston — while filming with Goodman for the series, due to run on BBC4 before Christmas.

However that might have kept any dancing ambitions in check. They include a number of his old enemies. Will there be one? We bumped into Howard Jacobson, who missed out on the Booker Prize last week. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter.

Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. I was supposed to be there leading Lucy around the floor, but I think on that dance, Lucy had learnt it better than me. It was jolly good fun though - and I enjoyed the dressing up. On paper, the pair don't have much in common - as Goodman notes, "we're a bit like chalk and cheese: Lucy's been to Oxford and is a historian, I'm just a dance teacher who left school when I was 15, and was always around the back having a fag anyway".

But with Worsley's historical expertise and Goodman's decades of dance teaching, they make an impressive TV double act. Secondly, he gave me a lift in his silver Jaguar. Thirdly, he would sometimes call me his 'old sausage'. Worsley's credentials are well-known from her BBC documentaries on everything from the Georgians to the Royal wardrobes and she's also the chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces.

And I dread what's going to happen in the future, but I won't be around for that," the year-old explains. Goodman's own dancing career happened by chance.