Inside Kirstie Allsopp and Ben Andersen's love story - as 'happily unmarried' TV presenter finally ties the knot with partner of 21 years in secret ceremony
Inside Kirstie Allsopp and Ben Andersen's love story - as 'happily unmarried' TV presenter finally ties the knot with partner of 21 years in secret ceremony
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After 21 years of being 'happily unmarried', Kirstie Allsopp and her limelight-shunning boyfriend have finally tied the knot. Last week, the couple - who share Bay, 18, and Oscar, 16 - married in a romantic ceremony at the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, which was the setting for Love Actually's wedding scene back in 2003.
![[The couple - who share sons Bay, 18, and Oscar, 16 - married in a romantic ceremony at the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, which was the setting for Love Actually 's wedding scene back in 2003. Pictured: Kirstie Allsopp and Ben Andersen attend a Tatler magazine party.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/26/12/82900289-13240135-image-m-19_1711457289821.jpg)
However, the setting also has an emotional connections for the bride and was where a memorial service for her beloved father, former Christie's chairman Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, was held last June. It was also where Kirstie's parents and grandparents held their wedding celebrations.
![[Pictured: Ben Andersen and Kirstie Allsopp seen on a skiing holiday in Switzerland with friends in March 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/11/82900287-14326541-Pictured_Ben_Andersen_and_Kirstie_Allsopp_seen_on_a_skiing_holid-a-8_1737890768469.jpg)
In a bid to keep their nuptials under wraps, the newlyweds reportedly kept the wedding secret from their 70 guests until the very last minute and told them they were celebrating Ben's 64th birthday. And while it may well have raised eyebrows among loved ones, this unique approach to wedding planning is very much in character for the fiercely-private couple - whose love story has been anything but conventional.
![[Pictured: Kirstie Allsopp around the time she first started filming Location, Location, Location in 2000]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/26/11/82901283-0-image-a-4_1711452964173.jpg)
The couple were introduced by Ben's ex-wife Theresa, who attended the same exclusive school as Kirstie, in early 2004 at a party for prospective Tory MP Orlando Fraser. Shortly after they met, the self-made property tycoon told Kirstie, now 53, that he never wanted to marry again - but confessed that he wanted to spend the rest of their lives together.
![[Kirstie was introduced to Ben (pictured together), a self-made multi-millionaire, by his ex-wife Theresa, who had attended private school Bedales at the same time as Kirstie]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/09/94518405-14326541-image-a-5_1737885480784.jpg)
