Alex Jones marked her 10th wedding anniversary with Charlie Thomson over New Year, and the milestone came with a clear line about the life they built in the UK. The presenter said she and her husband celebrated in Auckland, with their children on the beach for the week.
“I feel proud that Charlie and I made our marriage work. We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in Auckland over New Year,” Jones said. She added: “We spent the week on the beach with the kids and it made me take stock.”
Auckland over New Year
Jones and Thomson met in 2011 and married at Cardiff Castle on New Year’s Eve 2015, which puts their anniversary at a neat decade after the wedding and four years after they first crossed paths. The timeline matters because this is not a short-lived celebrity update; it is a long relationship now settled into family routine, with three children at the centre of it.
Jones said the family’s trip did more than mark a date. “When we were first dating, there was a question mark over whether he’d go back to New Zealand, but he decided to stay,” she said. “I’m grateful he did that for me and that we’re able to raise our children here.”
Charlie Thomson and UK
That choice still shapes the family story. Thomson, an insurance broker, stayed in the UK with Jones, and the couple now have Teddy, Kit and Annie together. Jones has also said they recently left London for the countryside and are renovating their new home, which makes the anniversary feel less like a one-off post and more like a snapshot of a settled domestic life.
The anniversary also lands after a difficult stretch for Thomson. In 2023, Jones said he fell into a deep depression after being diagnosed with Lyme disease and viral meningitis, describing him as a “shadow of himself” and later saying he was in a “much better place now.” That is the context behind her relief: this milestone is not just about time passed, but about a partner who chose to stay and rebuild with her.
Children In Need 2026
Jones is also set to co-host Children In Need 2026 live on One, which keeps her firmly in view as a TV figure while her home life continues to evolve away from London. For readers following her family story, the important point is simple: the marriage has reached 10 years, the children are settled with them, and the question of whether Thomson would leave the UK was answered years ago by the life they now share.
