Davina McCall has quietly married her long-term partner and hairdresser Michael Douglas in a small, intimate ceremony in London, with only close family and a handful of friends present.
Wedding details
Reports say the couple exchanged vows at a modest venue near their home on Friday 5 December, with around 10 guests described as the people “most special in their lives.” A second, slightly larger celebration for more friends and family is said to have taken place the following day.
Sources describe the ceremony as low-key but “incredibly beautiful,” arranged to reflect how much they have been through together in recent years, particularly Davina’s health battles. After the vows, the pair reportedly slipped back into normal life and even attended another wedding as newlyweds the next day, where Davina showed off her ring.
Relationship and engagement
Davina, 58, and Michael have been together since around 2018, after first meeting years earlier when he worked on her hair during her Big Brother presenting days. Michael proposed during a romantic Ibiza trip in late summer 2025 while Davina was recovering from brain surgery, and they publicly confirmed their engagement in September.
The decision to marry relatively quickly is being linked in reports to Davina’s recent treatment for a benign brain tumour and subsequent breast cancer surgery, with friends saying the couple wanted to “make it official” after a difficult period. This is Davina’s third marriage following previous unions with Andrew Leggett and TV presenter Matthew Robertson, with whom she shares three children.
Her bridal look
While full official photos have not yet been released, coverage describes Davina wearing a white, fur‑look coat and a lace headpiece or hat, giving a winter-bridal feel rather than a traditional big gown. The understated styling matches the intimate, private nature of the day and contrasts with the kind of high‑glam looks viewers are used to seeing from her on TV.
Davina McCall got engaged to Michael Douglas during a clifftop proposal in Ibiza in summer 2025, after a beach lunch at a spot that was special to them and their children.
How the proposal unfolded
Michael arranged an unusually fancy lunch on a beach in Ibiza and took Davina back to a cove they had previously visited with all the kids, which she later said already made the day feel meaningful. After lunch he suggested a walk along the cliffs above the beach, even though Davina joked she was badly dressed for it in “ridiculous” little pink cowboy boots with steel toe caps, not exactly cliff‑walking gear.
Once they reached a suitable spot on the clifftop, Michael recited a heartfelt speech to her and then got down on one knee to propose. Davina admitted she had been feeling a bit miserable earlier in the day and worried she might spoil the moment, but the emotion of the speech and the setting turned it into a storybook engagement.
His long-running “fake proposal” joke
Davina has also revealed that Michael had been “practising” getting down on one knee for about a year beforehand, pretending to tie up a shoelace so she would briefly think he was about to propose and then be “fooled” when he didn’t. After several of these fake‑outs, it became a running joke between them, which made the real clifftop proposal in Ibiza feel even more surprising and funny.
Timing and significance
She has said the proposal happened at the end of July 2025, not long after her recovery from brain surgery and during a period when she was reassessing life and priorities. The couple then publicly confirmed the engagement in mid‑September, and went on to marry in a low‑key London ceremony about three months later.
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