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Anti Rani has confirmed her romance with her new boyfriend Alex Lavery as they made their first public appearance together at a London Fashion Week afterparty on Monday.
The Countryfile presenter, 47, beamed as she headed to the party at London’s Chiltern Firehouse with her new man, following her split from her husband Bhupi Rehal in 2023 after 14 years of marriage.
Anita was aptly dressed in a trench coat as she headed to the party after attending the Burberry runway show earlier in the evening.
Alex is at the helm of immersive sonic experience company Frqncy Ldn which ‘explores the effects of sound and mind on the body,’ and he performed sound meditations as part of Glastonbury Festival’s wellness programme.
The pair were previously seen this summer enjoying the Green Man Music Festival together and at the homeware store B&Q, The Sun reports.
Antia’s new relationship comes two years after she ended her 14-year marriage to technology executive Bhupinder Rehal in September 2023.
Anti Rani was all smiles on Monday as she made her first public appearance with her new man Alex Lavery at the Burberry London Fashion Week Afterparty on Monday
They looked the picture of happiness at the event, pausing to stare into each other’s eyes as they held hands
A year on, in September 2023, she said that ‘life is good’ and that she felt like she was entering ‘chapter two’ of her life.
She told Love Sunday Magazine: ‘Life is good, I’m in a good place. I’m focusing on myself and my own wants.
‘It’s nice to be able to think about the second phase of my life. I’ve been calling it Chapter Two.’
Anita met her former husband at a rave in east London and married in a Sikh ceremony back in 2009, before splitting last September, believed to be as a result of their hectic schedules.
A source told The Mirror at the time: ‘It’s really sad but they’ve decided to separate. Their hectic schedules over the past couple of years have sadly meant they’ve drifted apart over time’.
Anita admitted she’d found ‘freedom’ after getting divorced in a candid piece for The Sunday Times, and explained how she has been navigating single life in her forties.
Anita, who was born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire by an Indian-born Hindu father and an Indian-born Sikh mother, also revealed how her upbringing had impacted her approach to life.
She confessed that her family believed divorce to be a ‘cardinal sin’, and while she admitted it ‘isn’t easy to talk about’, she wanted to detail how she feels about her life now so ‘that I am answerable to no one.’
Anita’s new relationship comes two years after she ended her 14-year marriage to technology executive Bhupinder Rehal in September 2023 (pictured in 2018)
A year on, in September 2023, she said that ‘life is good’ and that she felt like she was entering ‘chapter two’ of her life
Anita mused: ‘Becoming single in my mid-forties has made me re-evaluate everything. It has made me see how much I have been conditioned to be a dutiful woman, rather than a free woman.’
She continued: ‘I was raised to be a high achiever, to make my parents and family proud, but I was also raised never to bring shame. This is where it gets kind of problematic, especially if you are born with a vagina. So I guess I’ve lived in extreme conflict.’
Anita confessed that she ‘resented’ doing what she believed to be her ‘duty’ and mused: ‘Now I feel as if I’m beginning to breathe for the first time, do what I truly want to. And now hitting my mid-forties has given me a sense of urgency.’
