Television presenter Natasha Kaplinsky has separated from investment banker Justin Bower after more than 20 years of marriage
The couple, who have two teenage children, are now beginning divorce proceedings and say their priority is family life
Kaplinsky and Bower married in Somerset in 2005 following a brief romance, later raising their family on a Sussex farm with an assortment of animals
The former BBC newsreader won the first series of Strictly Come Dancing and later became Channel Five’s highest-paid news presenter, reportedly earning £1 million annually.