I miss him terribly, he was a hero to me and a great friend

a very happy man.” At 51, Anton might be the oldest professional dancer on Strictly but he has never been in a better place in his personal life.

But there have been some difficult times. Hannah had struggled to get pregnant. The 41-year-old businesswoman nesswoman suffered from endometriosis, iosis, which prevented her conceiving. So the couple ple turned to IVF at the e controversial ARGC fertility clinic in London.

Hannah fell pregnant at the first t IVF attempt and the e twins – who Anton has never publicly named ed – were born at the end of f March.

A romantic at heart, At Anton reveals l he is now preparing to whisk Hannah away to celebrate their first wedding anniversary next month.

The couple got married in secret at Cliveden, Berks, and now Anton is look- ing forward to taking her and the little ones on a two-week holiday. He adds: “I like to surprise Hannah whenever I can. I proposed to her out of the blue on Christmas Day in 2016 and then I told her two weeks before we got married that I had b booked Cliveden to get wed and she was over the moon. “I “It was a very small affair an and none of the Strictly g gang were there, but now w we are planning a big party later in the year so they can all come to that. “But before that we h have got the twins’ first b birthday to arrange, al although they are so young th that it will be something very lo low-key. It’s a shame that B Bruce never got to meet them. He was delighted Hannah was pregnant and he would have made a real fuss of them.” While he might be busy promoting his album From The Top and writing his debut novel, out later this year, Anton couldn’t wait for Mother’s Day today.

He says: “I have got something exciting g planned as it’s t’s Hannah’s first rst Mother’s Day.

“I am not sure re if my mum Conchita ta will be joining us as she he lives in Spain now, but I am hoping she can can.

“She did everything for me growing up and I owe my dancing success to her.

“She was delighted when I got Strictly. I hope that we can all be together to watch the tribute in the evening as that would mean the world to me.

“And I know that Brucie would have loved the fact that we are all together as a family – as that is what mattered to him most.” Sir Bruce: A Celebration, is on BBC1 tonight at 9pm.