She’s the face of Strictly Come Dancing, The Traitors and The Piano, however when TV host Claudia Winkleman is not donning sparkly clothes and cheering on hopeful contestants, the star loves nothing greater than spending high quality time together with her household. However who’re her family members? Claudia has been married for 22 years and is a mum of three. She additionally has well-known dad and mom and a half-sister who’s a member of the royal household. Wish to know extra? Learn on…
Claudia Winkleman’s husband and kids
Claudia is married to movie producer Kris Thykier. Kris has been within the movie trade for a few years and has his identify on the credit of many blockbuster movies and tv exhibits equivalent to Kick-Ass, The Girl in Gold and Sky Atlantic’s Riviera. Kris and Claudia married in 2000 and the couple have three kids collectively, Jake, Matilda, and Arthur. Claudia and Kris are usually personal about their residence life and barely put up about their relationship and kids.
Claudia Winkleman’s daughter Matilda’s accident
In 2014, Claudia’s daughter Matilda was critically injured and brought to hospital when her Halloween costume caught hearth. Claudia acknowledged that her daughter, who was eight on the time, had brushed towards a candle which had led to her costume catching alight. After the incident, the federal government subsequently tightened the rules round costume requirements. Fortunately, Matilda made a full restoration.
In July, Claudia revealed she practically walked away from her presenting stint with Strictly. Showing on Radio 4’s Girl’s Hour, the TV star mentioned she phoned the bosses “in tears” due to her worry that the present would conflict together with her son’s transfer to college. “I phoned the boss of Strictly fairly dramatically and mentioned, by means of tears, ‘Sarah I really like you. I do not wish to depart Strictly and Tess and I’ve agreed we are going to depart collectively after they’re finished with us, but when the primary present is September 13, I am out and you will have to go along with anyone else.'”
The mother-of-three added: “And there was a beat. And she or he mentioned, ‘Fairly dramatic. We do not begin that week.’ I used to be like, ‘Alright. I’ve to go and put up his posters.’ It is not that I really like him greater than others love their youngsters, however that is one thing dad and mom need to undergo.”
Claudia Winkleman’s dad and mom
Claudia was born in London to mum Eve Pollard and pop Barry Winkleman, however her dad and mom separated when she was simply three years outdated. It is clear that Claudia adopted in her mum or dad’s footsteps by working within the media, as her mum and pop had been each journalists. Mum Eve is the previous editor of the Sunday Specific and her father was a ebook writer. After her dad and mom cut up, her mum obtained married once more to the previous editor of the Every day Specific, Nicholas Lloyd, and her father additionally remarried to kids’s writer Cindy Black.
Claudia Winkleman’s siblings
Claudia was born an solely little one however gained siblings after her mum or dad’s divorce by means of their subsequent marriages. By her mom’s second marriage, Claudia gained a youthful half-brother referred to as Oliver. Claudia additionally gained a half-sister by means of her father’s second marriage – actress Sophie Winkleman. Sophie has appeared in exhibits equivalent to Peep Present and Two and a Half Males alongside Ashton Kutcher all through her profession. Sophie, now formally referred to as Girl Frederick Windsor, married Lord Frederick Windsor in 2009, the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
The actress additionally attended the marriage of Girl Gabriella Windsor alongside Prince Harry in Could of this yr. In 2017, Sophie was critically injured in a head-on automotive crash. Fortunately, Sophie suffered no long-term issues. In September 2018, she spoke solely to HELLO! concerning the crash and praised Prince Charles for his help and for serving to her and her household by means of the robust restoration interval.
Sophie attends the marriage of Girl Gabriella Windsor with Prince Harry
Sophie informed HELLO! on the time: “Prince Charles sensed appropriately that every part can be chaos at residence, so he requested his prepare dinner, as a substitute of caring for him, to care for us.” She continued: “So, our lunches and dinners had been cooked at Clarence Home then delivered for weeks on finish whereas I used to be in hospital after which nonetheless disabled at residence.”