BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly makes big announcement over Vernon Kay with unseen snaps

Tess Daly shared some big news over the weekend about her husband Vernon Kay alongside a string of unseen snaps. The Strictly Come Dancing host was helping her other half celebrate as he turned the big 50.

To mark the special occasion, Tess publically shared a number of never-before-seen photos from their private collection taken throughout the years after they met in 2001 when they appeared together on TV show on the now defunct before going on to marry and welcome two children together.

The presenter delighted fans of the pair with the photos, as part of a video montage, from across their relationship alongside a sweet tribute to her husband on his big day.

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Tess, 55, captioned the post in view of her 866,000 followers: "50 TODAY @vernonkay. So happy to have spent half of those birthdays with you," before adding Candi Stanton's You Got The Love as the post's soundtrack.

There were hundreds of comments in response to the post with TV presenter Kirsty Gallagher among the first, posting: "Happy birthday Vern". Strictly's head judge Shirley Ballas said: "Have a beautiful day. Happy happy birthday to a kind soul." Comedian and TV star Paddy McGuinness shared: "Welcome flower," after his turned 50 last year.

Former footballer Jamie Redknapp commented: "Happy birthday big man." Presenter Denise Van Outen replied: "Happy birthday @vernonkay." Strictly professional dancer Dianne Buswell posted: "Happy birthday," while reigning dance show champ Ellie Leach added: "Happy birthday @vernonkay."

Others, however,