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Kaye Adams has revealed she and her partner of 30 years Ian Campbell had a secret civil partnership last year for ‘tax reasons’.
The Loose Women presenter, 63, has been in a relationship with the tennis coach since 1995 and they share two children together, Charley, 23, and 18-year-old Bonnie.
However, while couple have never said ‘I do’, Kaye has now revealed they got a civil partnership last year after being advised to do so.
Appearing on the latest episode of the Suddenly Single podcast, Kaye was asked by host Siobhan Wykes why she and Ian never married when she made the revelation.
She said: ‘It’s funny, because we do have a civil partnership and it’s for tax reasons. We only did it last year.’
Kaye continued by explaining how she was reluctant to get a civil partnership after they had previously met a couple whilst on holiday who had got one themselves for tax purposes.
She said: ‘I could see in her face that she was really sad, that she didn’t want to be married for “tax purposes” whereas he was kind of, you know, quite cocky.
‘I said to Ian after that night, “if we ever get married, it is not going to be for tax reasons”.’
What eventually made Kaye change her mind was stern advice from her and Ian’s financial advisor.
She explained: ‘Last year our financial advisor said “you’re absolutely mental, you either get married or have a civil partnership because it’ll impact on your children”.
‘I said, well I don’t want to get married for tax purposes, but I’ll get a civil partnership.’
Sharing an insight into the day, Kaye admitted it was a modest affair with very few of their friends and family aware.
She said: ‘Basically, it was me, Ian, his big sister and her husband and that was it. It was over and done in however long it took. I don’t know if it was a registrar, I guess it would be a registrar, she was lovely, so that was nice.
‘And then, as it happened, we had dinner booked with a bunch of friends that night, not at all connected with this, I hadn’t even mentioned it to anyone, but one of them was my close friends and she got the restaurant to print the date on all of our menus.
‘So when we walked in and we were late because we are always late, they all had a glass of champagne so it was actually really nice.’
Kaye added that since getting their civil partnership it has not changed ‘one tiny remote shred’ of her relationship with Ian.
She concluded: ‘I honestly don’t know why we didn’t get married, I mean, I wasn’t pushing for it. A lot of women say when they were young girls they dreamt of their wedding day, they dreamt of their dress, it was something they really saw as a big thing in their life. I just didn’t.
‘I never sort of had that dream, Ian is sort of a beatnick. He’s a tennis coach, he doesn’t really stand on ceremony, he’s not materialistic, he’s a bit Peter Pan. Neither of us were pushing for it so it never happened.’
Kaye and Ian welcomed their first child Charley eight years into their relationship.
The Scottish presenter previously said how having children together represented their commitment to each other as a couple.
Sharing an insight into their relationship and rarely-seen Ian, Kaye said: ‘He’s quietly romantic, he will pop up with a bunch of flowers every now and again.
‘But I suppose in terms of grand gestures, it was just before Covid kicked off, he booked a Valentine’s weekend in Venice. And we did have a wonderful weekend.
‘He is a fluent Italian speaker, I love going to Italy with Ian. It’s great when I got to Italy because I do nothing, he organises everything.’
She added: ‘He is sport obsessed. If he could cut off his hands and put on a tennis racket and a paddle bat on each one he would be perfectly happy.’
‘He just loves sport, it’s just his thing.’
Last December Kaye told fans how she was postponing her Christmas celebrations after Ian was rushed to hospital with chest pains.
She revealed they were forced to spend a night at hospital and she herself came down with a virus.
Kaye has faced a difficult number of months after she was removed from her position at BBC Scotland last year because she was accused of bullying junior staff members.
She has denied all allegations against her.