FULL OF SUNSHINE CAROL KIRKWOOD THE WEATHER PRESENTER TALKS FINDING LOVE AND A RIVERSIDE PROPOSAL
Jul 11, 2022
5 minutes
INTERVIEW: JANE DOWDESWELL
PHOTOS: TREVOR LEIGHTON
STYLING: ARABELLA BOYCE
HAIR & MAKE-UP: KATIE EVANS
A picture-perfect riverside location, romance in the air and a spectacular diamond ring. It’s much like the setting for one of Carol Kirkwood’s novels when we meet the newly engaged BBC Breakfast weather presenter, who appears to have arranged glorious sunshine for our exclusive photoshoot to celebrate the publication of her latest book, The Hotel on the Riviera.
“It is surreal,” she tells us of adding “author” to her already impressive CV.
“To go into a shop and see your book with your name on it, thinking: ‘Wow, that’s me.’ But, of course, I don’t want to be caught staring at my own book, with people thinking: ‘Check her out!’” she says, laughing.
A beautiful heiress, a neglected hotel
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