Miranda Hart jokes 'nobody cares about rings when you're in your 50s'

Miranda Hart joked that 'nobody cares about engagement rings' when you get married in your 50s as she appeared on Tuesday night's The One Show.

The actress and comedian, 51, announced the shock news that she was married live on the episode after a flurry of rumours.

Speaking to Alex Jones and Alex Scott about her mystery husband, Miranda declared 'someone's put a ring on it' as she revealed she met 'my person' at the age of 49.

Later in the show she reunited with her former Miranda co-star Sarah Hadland who is currently appearing on Strictly Come Dancing with her pro partner Vito Coppola.

As they all sat on the sofa host Alex Jones read out some sweet message from fans watching the show who were left emotional by the news.

She said: 'Miranda I just want to share how much love has come your way tonight, Lisa watching at home has said 'feeling a little bit teary and delighted to hear the wonderful news and sending lots of love'.'

Miranda then said 'oh that means a lot' before then flashing her ring and waving her hand around as she declared: 'I'm meant to do this now with my hand aren't I!'

She then quipped: 'Except that when you're in your fifties no one cares about the ring! When you're in your 20s and 30s people are like 'oh ring ring' but now no one cares.' 

Miranda played the titular role in the BBC sitcom while Sarah played her loyal best pal Stevie.

During her exciting announcement on The One Show, she gushed: 'I'm married, I got married at 51 and it's just so lovely!'

'I'd written Gary for onscreen Miranda and it wasn't until I was 49 that I met my person,' she declared, but insisted she would keep her husband's identity a secret. 

'It's a little undercurrent in the book, I'm not going to reveal how we met because that's a little bit of a twist. 

'He's my best friend, we had the best fun and I'm just thrilled to be a young bride at 51.'

The star added that she hoped readers of her new book will feel hope from her love story, explaining; 'The fact that I met someone during a pandemic, during chronic illness, when I couldn't get out of bed or out of the house... 

'I really, really wanted to meet someone, I didn't want to do life on my own anymore.'

'The fact that I could meet somebody, it's not some some of romcom story but it's hope. Whatever situation you are in, there is always hope, things really do change.'

The star first set tongues wagging about the new man in her life during publicity for the memoir, teasing in her inimitable style that she 'couldn't possibly say if there is a love story in it... (There is – shush) Exciting.'

She has also been spotted wearing a wedding band in recent videos and snaps posted on Instagram, where she has a million followers, whilst locals near her £2million West London home have seen her with a mystery man.

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Miranda catapulted to fame with her self-titled BBC sitcom in 2009, in which her fictional mother Penny exclaims 'Such fun!' whenever she thinks her daughter is about to bag a boyfriend. 

It follows her quest to find 'the perfect man' and her dalliance with dishy chef Gary.

The actress, who played nurse Chummy in Call The Midwife and Miss Bates in Emma, revealed over the summer that she has had been battling a chronic illness for three years.

She wrote online last week: 'Big news – book out in a week. I share lots of stories of my last decade – mainly what I have learnt living with chronic illness – but there's lots of fun and some of my own big news.'

And in a publicity blurb for the book on Amazon, out on Thursday, she writes she has had an 'unexpectedly difficult decade – there have been surprising joys, but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures'.

'Treasures – practical tools, values, ways, answers researched from some great scientists, neuroscientists, therapists, sociologists (all the 'ists') out there, that have genuinely led to a sense of freedom, joy, peace and physical recovery I never would have thought possible.

'Life now, amazingly, with what I will share, is – such fun (always important to quote your own catch phrases)! If you fancy having a read, then I hope my story might help your story. After all, we are in this beautiful, mysterious, challenging life together.'

The comic has previously joked about her love life, saying: 'I was very naive sexually. My first boyfriend asked me to do missionary and I buggered off to Africa for six months.'