Who is Rev Richard Coles and is he married?

REV Richard Coles rocketed to fame arsenic a subordinate of The Communards and has enjoyed a agelong vocation connected British TV.

The TV prima and volition beryllium heading Down Under to instrumentality portion successful the 2024 bid of I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here.

Who is Rev Richard Coles?

Richard was calved successful Northamptonshire connected March 26, 1962, and studied theology astatine King's College London.

He aboriginal went connected to gain an MA from the University of Leeds.

The prima spent 10 years arsenic a Roman Catholic but returned to the Anglicanism of his puerility successful 2001.

He was appointed vicar astatine St Mary the Virgin successful Finedon, Northamptonshire, successful 2011 but decided to discontinue successful 2022.

Life arsenic a popstar

Richard recovered fame arsenic a subordinate of The Communards, which helium formed successful 1984 alongside his person Jimmy Somerville.

They formed the set successful 1984 aft Jimmy near Bronski Beat.

Richard lived a rock 'n' roll manner and admitted to keeping a abstracted bank relationship purely to wage his cause dealer.

He said: “How overmuch person I spent connected drugs successful my life?

"Well, much than a clergyman should.”

After attending a wide astatine St Albans religion successful cardinal London successful 1990, helium said helium was "suddenly inspired with a caller recovered faith".

Heading to the jungle

The Sun exclusively revealed however Richard has signed up to instrumentality portion successful I'm A Celebrity 2024.

He volition beryllium joining the amusement alongside Maura Higgins and the brace volition beryllium staying successful the Jungle Junkyard.

The Jungle Junkyard has been described arsenic "squalor" and a root told MailOnline that Richard and Maura are successful for the "shock of their lives" erstwhile they spot it.

Richard's astonishing wealth

It was besides revealed that Richard's euphony vocation and his appearances connected TV shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity MasterChef has made him a precise affluent man.

His steadfast Mistramark Ltd reportedly made a £940,000 nett betwixt 2022 and 2023.

The vicar has released respective palmy transgression novels and a deed autobiography which person added a immense magnitude of wealth to his alternatively steadfast nest egg.

Sad loss

Richard is an openly cheery antheral who was successful a semipermanent narration with the precocious Rev David Coles.

The mates were successful a celibate, civilian concern and didn't person immoderate children.

Sadly, David died successful 2019 and Richard didn't uncover his partner's origin of decease until 2 years later.

In 2021, Richard revealed David had died from alcoholism.

In his publication The Madness Of Grief: A Memoir Of Love And Loss, Richard opened up astir his devastating loss.

He talked astir however it was "tough" to ticker David "destroy himself" and said helium did everything helium could "think of to assistance him".

New love

In June 2023, Richard revealed connected ITV's Lorraine that he has recovered emotion again.

His caller spouse is histrion Richard Cant, lad of the precocious histrion and children’s TV presenter Brian Cant.

Speaking astir his caller relationship, Richard told The Argus:“The large idiosyncratic quality is that I’ve met idiosyncratic and americium present successful a relationship, which is lovely.

"We met conscionable earlier Christmas – it was my archetypal spell connected a dating app and it’s worked precise well.

“He’s lovely, he’s kind, funny, thoughtful, absorbing – and helium likes me.

“If you’re dating successful your aureate years, you don’t precisely chopped to the chase.

"You’re not looking for a roller-coaster – you thin to beryllium looking for a creaseless limousine truthful things are benignant of dependable and nice, which I like."