She was a glossy breakfast TV presenter from middle England, he was a controversial former lobbyist with a reputation for living fast and loose.
But nevertheless, it was love at first sight for Kate Garraway and husband Derek Draper. Ironically, when their mutual friend, GMTV's political correspondent, Gloria De Piero, urged them to go on a date, neither was too keen. "Gloria pitched a person to me who was the old Derek Draper," Kate once recalled to the Scotsman. "She said 'oh, he's amazing, he practically runs the Groucho Club, he runs Soho House, he's amazing.'" Derek was equally as unsure. "I remember saying to Gloria, 'As if I'd want to go out with someone from breakfast telly!' I bought the stereotype – high maintenance bimbo only