Strictly Come Dancing presenters Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly have signalled their intention to walk away from the series at the end of this year’s run. Photograph: Guy Levy/BBC
The ravens are leaving the Tower of London and now we have Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman leaving Strictly. For the past 15 years, Daly and Winkleman have been an unshakeable double act, effortlessly holding the foundations of Strictly together. And now it’s over.
“We have loved working as a duo, and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time,” the pair announced on Instagram, signalling that they are due to walk away from the series at the end of this year’s run.
Really, it was inevitable that Winkleman would want to retire
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