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Jamie And Jools Oliver Share Stunning Pics As They Renew Wedding Vows In Maldives

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Jamie and Jools Oliver have shared a series of stunning pictures after renewing their wedding vows in the Maldives.

Thee TV chef and the former model were joined by their five children at the “special, funny and romantic ceremony”, 23 years after they first tied the knot.

The couple, who married in a church ceremony in Essex in July 2000, shared snaps from their beach cermony on Instagram.

“Morning all, Me & @joolsoliver got married again!” Jamie captioned the snaps.

Jools and Jamie Oliver.
Jools and Jamie Oliver.

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“Yep After 23 years together, we thought it would be a special moment to celebrate renewing our wedding vows before the kids all start leaving the nest.

“It was really special, funny and romantic with the words in the ceremony making more sense having come this far together.

“It seems like a blink since the first wedding which we kept very private apart from the paparazzi at the village church we thought it would be a happy and joyful moment to share with you all this Easter.

“We’ve always dreamed of going to the Maldives and it was just as you would have dreamed, simply amazing !

“A massive thank you to all the team at @discoversoneva for blowing our minds and making this moment so special and memorable big love guys Jamie xxxxxxxxx”

Jamie and Jools Oliver and their family pictured in 2016.
Jamie and Jools Oliver and their family pictured in 2016.

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The images show the couple and their five children – Poppy, Daisy, Petal, Buddy and River – dressed in white and pale blue outfits on a tiny sandy island in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Last year, Jamie opened up about Jools’ “deeply scary” two-year long Covid battle.

The TV chef hailed the mum-of-five as “an absolute superstar”, revealing the 47-year-old has been “really affected” by the virus.

He told the Daily Mail Weekend magazine: “She’s had bad Covid and long Covid so she’s been really affected by it, sadly.

“She’s okay but still not what she wants to be. It’s been two years, she finds it deeply scary.”

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Liz Truss Raging Against The ‘Anti-Growth Coalition’ Mocked As It Might Include Jamie Oliver

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In her keynote conference speech, the prime minister railed against those she accused of trying to hold back her pro-growth agenda, including Labour, “militant” unions, “Brexit deniers”, Extinction Rebellion and “some of the people we had in the hall earlier” – a reference to the protesters who disrupted her address.

It’s clearly an attack line her senior team are rallying around, as Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi was among those to tweet out the slogan.

It’s worth printing the diatribe in full to get a better idea of who she thinks they are and what they do:

“I will not allow the anti-growth coalition to hold us back.

“Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP, the militant unions, the vested interests dressed up as think tanks, the talking heads, the Brexit deniers, Extinction Rebellion and some of the people we had in the hall earlier.

“The fact is they prefer protesting to doing. They prefer talking on Twitter to taking tough decisions.

“They taxi from north London townhouses to the BBC studio to dismiss anyone challenging the status quo.

“From broadcast to podcast, they peddle the same old answers.

“It’s always more taxes, more regulation and more meddling.

“Wrong, wrong, wrong.”

It seems to be a wide-ranging term that could anyone you would file under “the establishment” or anything vaguely “woke”.

Given the elasticity of the phrase, questions were asked about whether healthy food campaigner Jamie Oliver was also part of the rabble putting the brakes on Truss and her policies.

In her speech, the PM signalled the scrapping of the planned ban on junk food multi-buy deals as she declared she is “not interested in how many two-for-one offers you buy at the supermarket”.

Downing Street later did not rule out that the anti-growth coalition included the celebrity chef, who supports the ban.

The prime minister’s press secretary suggested there could be a scrapping of the planned ban of buy one, get one free offers, saying: “You’ll have to wait for announcements on that.”

When asked if Oliver is part of the anti-growth coalition, he responded: “I’m not going to name individuals.”

The speech has prompted people on Twitter to suggest a whole range of members of the coalition, including bats, David Attenborough and Conservative councils.

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Jamie Oliver Reveals ‘Deeply Scary’ Long Covid Battle Of Wife Jools

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Jamie Oliver has opened up about his wife Jools’ “deeply scary” two-year long Covid battle.

The TV chef hailed the mum-of-five as “an absolute superstar”, revealing the 47-year-old has been “really affected” by the virus.

He told the Daily Mail Weekend magazine: “She’s had bad Covid and long Covid so she’s been really affected by it, sadly.

“She’s okay but still not what she wants to be. It’s been two years, she finds it deeply scary.”

Jools and Jamie Oliver
Jools and Jamie Oliver

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Jamie explained they had seen specialist medical professionals but have been unable to solve her symptoms as the condition is still being learnt about.

“We’re all over Harley Street like a rash but no one really knows anything. The data on long Covid is still piling in. She’s been an absolute superstar,” he said.

There are 1.8million Britons estimated to have long Covid, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

This month, experts from King’s College London said there appears to be three “subtypes” of the condition, each with their own set of symptoms including, fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, muscle ache and heart palpitations.

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Jamie and Jools have been married for 22 years and have five children together.

Speaking about his relationship, the TV chef said: “Me and Jools have been together since we were 18.

“We went to London with nothing but dreams and aspirations. Luckily, we were able to solidify our relationship before it all kicked off. Then we did it together. It was exciting.

“When I first started going out with Jools, she was like, ‘I’ll never be able to have kids.’ She had polycystic ovaries. But here we are with five.”

The couple are parents to Poppy, Daisy, Petal, Buddy and River.

Jamie Oliver, Jools Oliver and their family pictured in 2016.
Jamie Oliver, Jools Oliver and their family pictured in 2016.

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Oliver added: “I haven’t done teenage boys yet but I found teenage girls very hard. I tried to be an on-point dad, I’d give myself nine out of 10 for effort.

“The the minute they get to 13, you’re dumped. You’re outside looking in. All you want is a few hugs a day and to be appreciated but there’s a lot of chemistry going on.

“You never get the kid back after 13, they completely change. Just when you start to get them back, they’re off to university. So it’s like a bereavement.”

In 2020, Jools revealed she had had a miscarriage during lockdown and the couple have spoken openly in the past about losing “five little stars in the sky”.

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Jamie Oliver Reveals He Still Receives Public Abuse Over Turkey Twizzlers Ban

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Jamie Oliver has revealed he continues to receive abuse from members of the public after he worked to have Turkey twizzlers banned over 15 years ago.

In 2005, the celebrity chef launched a campaign to improve the quality of food being served in UK schools, with Bernard Matthews’ Turkey twizzlers among the items he wanted scrapped from school menus.

Not everyone was happy with the move, and in a new interview with the podcast 12 Questions, he disclosed that some disgruntled fans of the offending turkey treats continue to abuse him on a regular basis.

Recalling a recent trip to the zoo, Jamie said: “[I was] with my kids and, you know, two metres away, [someone said] ‘that’s Jamie Oliver over there’ and the girl goes: ‘Yeah, I don’t like him, he’s a fucking arsehole’.

“And my kids are right next to me and hearing it as well, it’s a metre and a half away.”

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Jamie Oliver pictured in 2018

He continued: “As I walk away, she goes to me ‘have you tried those new turkey twizzlers?’ and I went ‘no, I haven’t,’ and she goes: ‘Well, they’re horrible!’

“I said: ‘You probably wouldn’t like the original ones, then.’ And she goes: ‘No I did, and you took them, you stole them away from me’.”

Jamie added that when he used to tour schools, he would be spat at by those unhappy with his campaigning.

“When I was walking around schools as a 28-year-old, I was getting so much abuse,” he admitted.

“I had so much DNA on my back every day when I got home. It was proper filth.”

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Jamie Oliver outside 10 Downing Street in 2005

Jamie’s work at this time was initially captured in the documentary Jamie’s School Dinners, after which he launched the Feed Me Better campaign.

Turkey twizzlers were reintroduced in 2020, with an apparently “healthier” recipe, which included no E numbers and around a 67% meat content.

Listen to Jamie’s full interview on 12 Questions here.

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