Although Craig Revel Horwood is considered by many to be Strictly Come Dancing's toughest judge, the 59-year-old has a romantic side that we don't get to see on camera and is happily engaged to his fiancé Jonathan Myring!
The pair have been engaged since 2020 after an initial meeting due to Craig's career on the popular BBC show. However, Jonathan hasn't been Craig's only love with the judge having previously walked down the aisle in the 1990s...
Want to know more? Find out everything you need to know about the judge's family life, from his current relationship to former flames...
Fiancé Jonathan Myring
Craig is currently engaged to horticulturalist Jonathan Myring, who is 22 years his junior. The TV personality sweetly confirmed that he was in a relationship with Jonathan back in March 2018, telling The Sun: "He's good looking, 5ft 10in, dark hair and beard. We met on the Strictly Tour a month ago. He came to the show with a friend and we met backstage. We plan on seeing each other a lot. We have all our weekends planned until Strictly."
Craig later opened up about Jonathan on Loose Women, explaining: "He is fabulous and I love him, he is absolutely gorgeous and adorable, and yes he is 20 years younger."
© Dave BenettThe pair were set to tie the knot during the pandemic in 2020 and postponed their nuptials. The wedding was rescheduled to 2022, but this was delayed once again due to the pair's intentions to have a home wedding, with their home in Stamford currently undergoing refurbishments. Another poignant reason for the delay was Craig's hopes for his Australian mother to be present, however a cancer diagnosis stopped this. Speaking to Women's Own, the star said: "She's not really well enough to come over this year, so I've said we’ll wait until she's better."
A provisional date has been set for 2027.
Engagement story
Appearing on The Steph Show in 2022, Craig and Jonathan revealed that the marriage proposal took place during a trip to Tasmania. "It was a slight disaster really," joked Jonathan. "I had a beautiful engagement planned in Tasmania and Craig refused to go and sit on the banks of the river to look for platypus. So I had to call him to frantically call him to go…"
© InstagramInterrupting his partner, Craig quipped: "That's because the last time we waited for platypus, it was four hours and we didn't see one. So I wasn't going to sit through that again, was I? All I wanted to do was go back to the hotel and have a bubble bath. Well I jumped in the bubble bath and then Jonathan jumped in with me and proposed in the bubble bath with a glass of champagne."
Ex-boyfriend Damon Scott
© David M. BenettCraig was previously in a relationship with Britain's Got Talent puppeteer Damon Scott, before the pair called it quits in 2016. Damon opened up about their relationship in an interview with The Sun, where he said: "We could get through a bottle and a half of vodka between us in a night. At times that was a daily thing. If I drank that much now I’d be hospitalised."
Ex-wife Jane Horwood
© XCraig was married to Jane Horwood in 1990 before the pair parted ways after just two years. They have remained good friends since their marriage, and Jane runs Craig's website. Speaking to Wales Online, he said: "We are friends now, Jane and I, but it wasn’t very amicable at the time. Now we can go out for lunch and talk about life honestly. I love her deeply as a friend, now and forever, and wish her all the happiness in the world."
