Miranda Hart flaunts slim figure, opens up about weight.

has showed off her slimline figure in a new photo after revealing her discomfort and shame about her weight gain in recent years.

The TV star, 53, looked happy and fresh-faced as she basked in the spring sunshine in the new snap.

Wearing a 'Bear With Miranda' hoodie from her own line teamed with a cap, Miranda lounged on a bench, gushing it was a 'lovely day to be outside'.   

In her 2024 autobiography, the comedian, 53, best known for her sitcom Miranda, recounted her three-decade health battle that 'left her bedbound and without joy'.

Initially diagnosed with agoraphobia, she later learned that undiagnosed Lyme disease had developed into chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

Her health conditions have caused significant involuntary weight fluctuations and forced her to step away from the spotlight.

Writing in her 2024 book Miranda explained: 'Can I just say I'm actually really quite proud of the fact that I've . 

'Not that because I don't think bigger is beautiful, but because it isn't quite me and I feel really uncomfortable and it's one of the things I talk about in there.    

'I have found it incredibly hard not to feel shame from gaining weight over the last three years.

'Not because of striving for an aesthetic ideal but because it doesn't represent me and who I naturally am. But life happens. Illness happens.

'And it's a great way to keep focusing on the greatest healer – self-compassion. If I lose it or not I know I am loved. Peace out.'

Taking to her Facebook page last month, Miranda shared a fresh-faced selfie where she gave fans an update on her health, revealing she is struggling to walk after going over her ankle.

But in a candid admission, following on from her health struggles, Miranda said she has also been struggling with anxiety due to having a fear of healthcare.

She said: 'The reality behind this slightly odd selfie is that I have gone over on my ankle and I can't walk properly. I need to get a friend to take me to a physio. I feel exhausted.

'And I am very anxious as anything medical is a massive fear so even going to a physio clinic is terrifying for me.

'I may be able to get on stage at the O2 and do a stand up set but I am a wreck even walking or driving past a hospital for example.'

It took medics 33 years to discover Miranda had been battling with the bacterial infection Lyme Disease, after initially .

The star then shared that she was also diagnosed with ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.

In an extract from her book I Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You, which she shared in her monthly newsletter, Miranda offered an insight into the height of her health struggles while doctors failed to find the cause of her symptoms.

The comedian, who also shared in her book she had married surveyor Richard Fairs, admitted that she felt increasingly 'alone' as it no one seemed to understand the height of her struggles.

Miranda wrote: 'As I continued to study the scientists on this matter, another phrase stood out. They would say, ''There's nothing wrong here right now.'' What?!

'Oh, it seemed not only implausible, but downright mean. Frankly, I would have punched someone in the face had they coolly said this to me when I was collapsed with exhaustion. I would have shouted, um, excuse me, but EVERYTHING is wrong.

'I can't get out of bed. I'm alone. No one understands. My dreams and hopes for my life are fading away. Nothing is right, right now. It's wrong. And that's why it's also blooming awful. I'm all full of wrong, so, and I mean this with no disrespect at all, go away, thank you to you!'