Personal Life
Tom Chambers was born and raised in a small village called Darley Dale in Derbyshire. Chambers was educated at Repton School.
In December 2000, he came close to death when the British Airways flight on which he was travelling from London to Nairobi was disrupted in a hijack attempt. Paul Mukonyi, a 27-year old mental patient from Kenya, burst into the cockpit of the Boeing 747. As the cockpit crew fought to restrain Mukonyi, the auto-pilot became disengaged in the struggle, the jumbo was knocked off course and it plunged about 19,000 feet (5,700 metres) with 398 passengers on board. The pilots recovered control of the aircraft and all passengers landed safely. Chambers described this as "the most terrifying experience of my life". It was this flight that caused him to seek out his teenage sweetheart, Clare Harding, and propose. Chambers married Clare in October 2008 in Derbyshire, having to change the date due to his commitments in Strictly Come Dancing. Tom announced on his Twitter page on New Year's Eve 2010 that he was expecting a child with Clare in May 2011. "We are indeed expecting a little Chambers around 24th May next year :)) very excited parents in the making we are... X" their son William Stanley Robert Chambers was born May 29 2011.
In 2008, Chambers took part in the Great Walk to Beijing which was organised by singer Olivia Newton-John in aid of breast cancer awareness and research.
In 2012, his motorcycle, a Triumph Street Triple was stolen but later recovered with the aid of his ScorpionTrack tracking device.
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