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Supermodel-turned-TV presenter Sophie Dahl married jazz musician Jamie Cullum in 2010 and gave birth to the couple’s first child, Lyra, in March and Sophie knew almost immediately that Jamie was ‘The one.’

“I knew very early on that I had met my person. I think we both did. Life just felt fuller. I hate it when people say, ‘I felt completed,’ but it felt like it was always meant to be in that way. He felt familiar to me. It felt like coming home, which I suppose is the mark of something great.”

The couple live an idyllic life in oxfordshire where Jamie has scaled back on his touring commitments to help Sophie with their daughter. The 34-year-old model says her spouse is a “tremendously patient and fun” father.

“I feel very lucky. As a new mother, I have friends whose husbands went back to work within a week and, for me, having Jamie at home was invaluable… he’s divine, but I knew he would be.”