Miranda Hart drops major new bombshell about husband as she addresses festival crowd

dropped a huge bombshell about her , telling festival-goers that she knew "immediately" that she was in love with him during a date at home in lockdown.

The titular character of her sitcom Miranda, shared the news that she secretly married her new partner in a ceremony in July, with fans desperate to know more about her new partner. After playing the on-screen chronic singleton, the actress and writer revealed the news in her new memoir, before addressing the crowd at Cheltenham Literature Festival to tell them more about her so-called 'Bristol Boy'.

Speaking about 60-year-old divorcee , Miranda told her audience that she had her first date with him at her house in lockdown.

Explaining how they chatted for two hours in her living room while waiting for their pizza to be delivered, she said: "Unfortunately mine had shunted its way across the box and turned into a calzone. I was going on and on about my shunted pizza and it did not seem to faze him. We had already been talking for about two hours at that point, and I realised almost immediately that I was in love with him. It was our first date and to my surprise he came back for a second date, despite me having gone on and on about that pizza."

When Miranda was picked up by her new hubby after her slot at the festival, photographers snapped the star, who proudly showed of her wedding ring. Richard is believed to be a building surveyor, who met Miranda when he went to sort out the mould in her house. He is said to play drums for his local swing band and has two children to his ex Jeanne Speight, who he was with for more than 25 years before they split in 2017.

The news of her marriage was initially revealed in her autobiography, I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You, which she released last week. Miranda penned that she had married the building surveyor in July, adding that the on-off relationship was on the verge of ending, before he proposed at Kew Gardens.

Speaking on , Miranda said: "The fact that I met someone during a pandemic, during chronic illness, when I couldn't get out of bed or out of the house... I really, really wanted to meet someone, I didn't want to do life on my own anymore. The fact that I could meet somebody, it's not some some of romcom story but it's hope. Whatever situation you are in, there is always hope, things really do change."

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