Kay Burley jets out of UK as she reveals first moves after retiring from Sky News following 36-year career

KAY Burley has jetted disconnected to Africa conscionable days aft shocking Sky News viewers with her retirement.

The broadcaster, 64, closed the last amusement of her Sky News Breakfast programme connected February 5 with her immense vocation reveal.

Now Kay - who has vowed to "indulge successful different passions" distant from the surface - has kicked disconnected her adventures overseas with a Prosecco astatine the airport.

She captured her solid of bubbly adjacent to her passport and level summons and wrote successful her caption: "Thanks @british_airways. See you successful Africa everyone."

One instrumentality posted: "Have a astonishing time," arsenic different wrote: "Enjoy each infinitesimal Kay. Looking guardant to each your updates x"

A 3rd put: "Enjoy! Cheers Kay."

One past confessed: "We miss you."

She followed with a video of a leopard climbing a histrion and added the words: "Off to my beloved Africa.

"Stay tuned if you’d similar to spot regular videos of beingness successful the African Bush."

Kay antecedently jetted disconnected to South Africa successful 2020.

It came aft she was suspended from the transmission for six months for breaking covid rules.

CAREER REVEAL

Kay's Sky News exit came successful an unexpected connection astatine the extremity of 1 of her shows past week.

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 satellite - its clip for maine to indulge successful immoderate of my different passions - including my emotion for travel.

"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."

She has hosted the 24-hour rolling quality channel's meal programme for the past 5 years, moving from her day slot successful 2019.

Kay archetypal joined Sky erstwhile it launched successful 1988 and claims to person hosted much unrecorded tv than immoderate different broadcaster.

The writer has been the look of Sky News for large satellite events, specified arsenic the decease of Princess Diana, the births of the Royal babies and the 9/11 violent attacks.

Sky bosses took her disconnected aerial for six months successful 2020 aft her day bash flouted Coronavirus lockdown rules astatine the clip with the anchor apologising for the "error of judgement".

Kay has a grown up lad called Alexander, who she shares with her ex-husband Steve Kunter.

As good arsenic hosting unrecorded TV, she published her debut novel, First Ladies successful 2011, which was followed by her 2nd publication Betrayal successful 2012.