Bake Off star Sandi Toksvig shocked at reaction to her Abba wedding role

Former Bake Off big Sandi Toksvig stunned everyone erstwhile she was seen officiating astatine Abba prima Bjorn Ulvaeus' wedding to Christina Sas and spoke astir it connected Good Morning Britain

Shocked Sandi Toksvig had nary thought that pictures of her officiating astatine the wedding of Abba prima Bjorn Ulvaeus would beryllium shared with the world.

The euphony legend, 79, tied the knot for a 3rd clip past period erstwhile helium married Christina Sas, who helium met successful September 2021. Sandi was dressed successful a afloat priest-like outfit, and snaps of the prima were made nationalist - not that she knew thing astir it.

He posted photos from the day, 1 of which shows the QI big dressed successful a reddish and golden robe arsenic she conducted the ceremony. Sandi told ITV’s Good Morning Britain earlier today: “So I archetypal of each did not cognize it was going to beryllium publically known.

“So Bjorn is my friend, and helium phoned maine up and said, ‘Sandy, you would travel to my wedding’. I said ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘You volition bash the wedding’. I said, ‘In what sense?’ And past I thought, I don’t cognize what to wear, due to the fact that I’ve ne'er done a wedding before, and truthful I recovered a store online… truthful I could look the part.

“It was lone astir 120 radical and it truly was friends and family, but.. that picture, it made the beforehand screen of the (Indian English-language insubstantial The) Hindustan Times, I consciousness I’ve arrived. I committedness you, it was due to the fact that we’re friends,” she added.

Ulvaeus was antecedently joined to his chap Abba subordinate Agnetha Faltskog earlier they divorced successful 1980. He past was joined to Lena Kallersjo from 1981 until they separated astir 2 years ago. Toksvig was besides asked by GMB astir being “the archetypal pistillate presenter of a British mainstream drama sheet show” erstwhile she took connected QI successful 2016.

She responded saying: “Where is the precocious nighttime chat amusement host? I don’t cognize if they deliberation women can’t enactment up precocious oregon something, I don’t cognize what they think, we’ve got excessively galore chores to bash successful the house.” Sandi, a erstwhile The Great British Bake Off host, besides said that she was “unusual” to beryllium 66, and fronting a TV show. “There’s a immense mode to go,” she added.

The 66-year-old TV star, who has been entertaining the federation for decades, joined the amusement successful 2017 but said she "wasn't happy" down the scenes astatine Bake Off, contempt her blessed demeanour on-screen. Sandi was replaced by Little Britain prima Matt Lucas, who has present been replaced by This Morning big Alison Hammond.

In an interrogation with The Times, she brutally said she 'didn't enjoy' the process. She explained: "It's not for me. I walked distant from the biggest paycheque of my life, but that's fine. I'd ne'er watched it. I inactive haven't watched it. I didn't recognize it." She continued: "Cakes are readily disposable successful the shops. I didn't bask the process. There was this showbiz happening you'd made it with Bake Off, it was a large show, getting a batch of attention."

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