Miranda Hart shares powerful message of hope after debilitating health struggle and shock marriage

BBC prima Miranda Hart has lifted the lid connected her wellness battles and concealed wedding, saying that getting joined successful mid-life is simply a 'full injection of joyousness and fun'

Miranda Hart says there's "always anticipation for things to change" arsenic she reflects connected the past 10 years of her life.

The BBC star, 51, stunned fans this week erstwhile she revealed she had precocious got joined to her "best friend". Opening up astir the nuptials successful her caller book, I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You, Miranda provides a candid relationship of the "joyous" quality portion besides discussing the challenges posed by her sick health.

Revealing she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease, which tin dispersed to humans via a tick bite, the Miranda prima said she recovered it incredibly hard being confined to her location for specified a agelong period.

Speaking connected BBC Radio 4, she said: "Unless you’ve had fatigue [like that], you don’t recognize what virtually not getting disconnected the level is. I was fundamentally bed-bound - and housebound. There’d beryllium times wherever I'd look astatine a solid of water, and deliberation ‘I don’t cognize however to prime that up'. All anyone wants is to beryllium heard, accepted, loved and seen… and erstwhile you’re not - peculiarly successful a aesculapian concern - it’s the worst."

Thankfully, Miranda recovered and went connected to wed her husband, who she met during lockdown. Speaking astir her nuptials, she said: "Getting joined successful mid-life is simply a afloat injection of joyousness and fun. It’s the best! He's my champion friend, we person the champion fun... The information that I could conscionable idiosyncratic - it's not a rom-com story, but it’s hope, and that's wherefore I think, immoderate concern you're in, there's ever anticipation that things truly bash change."

Miranda teased her man's individuality connected X with a drawback of his hand, saying: "I've got my champion person to bash beingness with and it's wonderful, and I'm besides utterly thrilled to beryllium backmost successful telly onshore and having a publication out, truthful acknowledgment truthful overmuch for each your support." The comic ended the video high-fiving her husband, which she joked was an "exclusive".

She remained cryptic portion discussing her narration connected The One Show this week, but confirmed that "someone enactment a ringing connected it!" Miranda happily explained she recovered "her person" astatine the property of 49 portion battling her chronic illness. She said: "I'm married, I got joined astatine 51 and it's conscionable truthful lovely! I'd written Gary for onscreen Miranda and it wasn't until I was 49 that I met my person."

Gary, played by Tom Ellis, ends up eloping with onscreen Miranda successful the BBC amusement aft endless episodes keeping viewers guessing astir the presumption of their relationship.

Stating she wasn't going to uncover her existent husband's identity, Miranda concluded: "It's a small undercurrent successful the book, I'm not going to uncover however we met due to the fact that that's a small spot of a twist. He's my champion friend, we had the champion amusive and I'm conscionable thrilled to beryllium a young bride astatine 51."

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