Kay Burley jets off as she leaves UK amid sudden Sky News exit

The freshly-retired broadcaster Kay Burley is making the astir of her status by jetting disconnected for sunnier climes and much exotic landscapes than the Sky studios

Veteran broadcaster Kay Burley, 64, has officially signed disconnected from her Sky News Breakfast programme - and has wasted nary clip successful making the astir of her freedom.

Embracing her caller phase, Kay kicked disconnected her travels successful style, enjoying a solid of fizz astatine the airport, a celebratory toast to the adventures ahead. Posting a snapshot of her portion alongside her passport and level ticket, delighting her followers with a cheerful caption: "Thanks @british_airways. See you successful Africa everyone."

Fans were speedy to nonstop their good wishes, with 1 idiosyncratic commenting, "Have an astonishing time," portion different idiosyncratic added, "Enjoy each minute, Kay. Looking guardant to each your updates x." Others expressed their admiration, with a follower writing, "Enjoy! Cheers, Kay," portion idiosyncratic other confessed, "We miss you."

Following the snap, Kay posted a video of a leopard climbing a tree, sharing her excitement for her journey. "Off to my beloved Africa," she wrote. "Stay tuned if you’d similar to spot regular videos of beingness successful the African bush."

Kay stunned viewers past week erstwhile she announced unrecorded connected aerial that she was quitting her relation arsenic a broadcaster aft 36 year. The Sky News presenter, who has been a staple connected the broadcaster's meal amusement weekdays from 7am until 10am, revealed that the amusement would beryllium her last.

She said: "From a lasting commencement to 1 of the astir recognised and valued brands successful planetary news, it's been an honour and privilege to enactment with immoderate of the champion and hardest moving teams successful the business. News by its precise quality is often devastating and unneurotic we've covered truthful galore life-changing events - from the tragic decease of Diana, the shocking panic onslaught of 9/11; the Asian Tsunami; the Concorde aerial disaster.

"But we've besides enjoyed immoderate fantastic precocious notes too, haven't we - the thrill of London winning the accidental to big the 2012 Olympics; a plethora of royal weddings; jubilees and who tin hide days and days and DAYS waiting for royal babies to get astatine the Lindo Wing. But aft implicit a cardinal minutes of unrecorded TV quality - much than anyone other successful the world - its clip for maine to indulge successful immoderate of my different passions - including my emotion for travel."

She added: "So, aft covering 12 abstracted wide elections - including Sir Keir Starmer's triumph past twelvemonth - I americium retiring from Sky News - fto politicians of each enactment conscionable rejoice astatine that news! Thank you for waking up and tuning successful each morning. I can't archer you however overmuch I person appreciated your enactment implicit the past 3 and a fractional decades: You're awesome. I volition station much connected my societal media and anticipation to spot you around. Please support successful touch."

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