The One Show presenter Alex Jones has marked 10 years of marriage to her husband, insurance broker Charlie Thomson, and is set to co-host the BBC Children In Need 2026 show live on BBC One tonight (November 13).
Alex, who turns 50 next year, shared a throwback photo of herself and Charlie to mark the milestone on her official Instagram account, where she often posts about her family life and home renovations.
Marriage and family life
Alex, from Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, married Charlie at Cardiff Castle on New Year's Eve 2015. The couple met in 2011, and at the start of their relationship Charlie had considered returning to his homeland in New Zealand, but decided to stay in the UK with Alex.
Speaking to Woman & Home magazine, Alex said: "I feel proud that Charlie and I made our marriage work. We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in Auckland over New Year."
"We spent the week on the beach with the kids and it made me take stock. When we were first dating, there was a question mark over whether he'd go back to New Zealand, but he decided to stay. I'm grateful he did that for me and that we're able to raise our children here."
The pair have three children together - nine-year-old Teddy, seven-year-old Kit and five-year-old Annie - and the family recently left London for the countryside, where they are renovating their new home.
Husband's health crisis
Alex has previously spoken openly about her husband's mental health crisis. In 2023 she shared that Charlie fell into a deep depression, becoming a "shadow of himself" after he was diagnosed with Lyme disease and viral meningitis.
Speaking on Gabby Logan's podcast The MidPoint, Alex recalled watching him "fall apart" as he dealt with his physical health, but thankfully shared that he was in a "much better place now".
Famous ex and Children In Need role
Alex previously dated fellow Welsh TV host Steve Jones, who presents Formula One coverage for Channel 4. The pair were in a relationship from 1999 to 2002 when they both worked on Channel 4 show Rise.
Alex claimed on the Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and chef Angela Hartnett that Steve pretended she was ill so he could interview Angelina Jolie himself, taking the opportunity she had been offered as the show's Entertainment Correspondent. She told the duo: "Normally [Rise] would call in the morning and ask to come and do an interview or junket."
"I was staying in his [Steve's] flat at the time when I was working in London and he picked up the landline and said 'Al's not here. She's not feeling well, she's had to go back to Cardiff' - I was in Topshop. So he did the interview," Alex claimed. She has said the betrayal was the real reason they broke up, but the pair remain on friendly terms and have appeared on The One Show together.
Of her Children In Need role, Alex said: "It means the absolute world to be part of the team for the big night of Children in Need, I have watched it avidly since I was a little girl and Sir Terry Wogan was at the helm. It was always one of the big highlights of the year."
Children In Need 2026 is on BBC One on Friday, November 13 from 7pm.
