Personal Life
Vorderman was first married in 1985 at age 24 to Christopher Mather, a Royal Navy officer and former international rugby league player, but the marriage lasted only twelve months. Her second marriage was to management consultant Patrick King in 1990 at age 29. Vorderman had two children, Katie (born 1992) and Cameron (born 1997), with King; the couple separated in 2000. Both marriages ended in divorce.
After meeting at a Christmas party in 1999, Vorderman and Daily Mail columnist and PR consultant Des Kelly lived together in London from 2001, also using their other house in Glandore, West Cork, Ireland. After five years together, Vorderman and Kelly separated in December 2006, publicly announcing the amicable split in January 2007, and after a brief reconciliation in Bristol according to reports the couple again separated in early 2011.
Currently single, Vorderman shares her Bristol home with her mother, her two children and her best friend Mandy along with her own two teenage boys. Vorderman has commented that it is like a commune with endless coming and goings and much laughter and noise. Vorderman is planning to qualify for her private pilot's licence during the summer of 2012 through an intensive training course in Arizona. Vorderman has lived with her mother all her life. Vorderman's brother lives in The Hague.
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