Annabel Croft Celebrates Second Grandchild Joyfully

Annabel Croft has revealed she is thrilled she's to become a grandmother for the second time in less than a year.

Her son Charlie Coleman and his wife, Boodles jewellery scion Honour Wainwright, announced they are expecting their first child together.

The couple, who tied the knot at a lavish society wedding in Hampshire last August, confirmed the happy news from their honeymoon in last weekend.

Honour, 30, who works as a marketing director at her family's famous heritage jewellery house, posted a series of photos on Instagram showing off her heavily pregnant bump.

'Honeymooning with a third wheel,' she wrote alongside a pregnant woman emoji.

The joyful announcement

The former investment banker and yachtsman died of sepsis while battling stage four colon cancer at the age of 60, just eight weeks after he was diagnosed with the terminal illness - and two months shy of the couple's 30th wedding anniversary.

Annabel, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1984 before retiring from the sport aged just 21, commented on Honour's post: 'Absolutely wonderful' along with a heart emoji.

She has previously spoken about the 'horrendous' sadness of losing her husband, describing him as her 'rock' and the source of her confidence and humour.

She credited taking part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2023 - where she reached the semi-finals just months after Mel's death - with helping her through the darkest period, saying: 'It has given me a reason to be able to get up in the morning and have purpose rather than just sobbing at home.'

Honour and Charlie, 29 - who works in finance - honeymooned at the five-star Shumbalala Game Lodge, a luxury safari retreat in South Africa's Thornybush Game Reserve.

Their photos show the couple posing beside a Land Rover-style buggy with a number plate that read 'The Colemans', enjoying a floating breakfast in an infinity pool, sipping sundowners on a game drive and watching lions, elephants and gazelles in their natural habitat.

Charlie also posted snaps on Instagram from the getaway, on which Annabel commented: 'Absolutely stunning' with emojis of wild animals and a pregnant person.

Annabel In a poignant tribute to Amber's late father, they named him Arlo William Melvyn Llewellyn.

At the time, the self-proclaimed 'Grannabel' said she was 'besotted' with her first grandchild, calling him 'completely adorable'.

She had previously described the birth as a 'positive thing to look forward to', adding: 'I love babies - they're so full of personality, and because everything is new to them they re-engage you with the world in a very simplistic way.'

Honour's pregnancy announcement was met with an outpouring of congratulatory messages from friends and family besides Annabel. Charlie's sister Lily Saffron Coleman, a TV presenter, wrote: 'Stunnnningggg' alongside a string of heart and pregnancy emojis.

Call the Midwife star Nell Hudson, 35, who gave birth to her first child last year, commented with three red heart emojis.

Before Charlie and Honour's wedding last year, the bride said she and her mother wanted the celebration to be 'more Kate Moss than Kate Middleton', and the day delivered on that promise.

The families gathered for a church ceremony at which Annabel dazzled in a floral gown with a feather-adorned fascinator, before the couple drove off in a vintage Land Rover adorned with a 'just married' sign - and, in a charming nod to the groom's mother, a set of tennis rackets trailing from the back.

The reception at Honour's family home in Hampshire featured dinner under an ivy-strewn pavilion, and Charlie reportedly performed his wedding dance to You're the One that I Want from Grease, while Annabel was spotted crowd surfing with her new daughter-in-law.

Honour's engagement ring was a showstopper befitting her family heritage - an ashoka cut diamond exclusive to Boodles, the iconic British jewellery brand her family runs.