Nick Knowles and his wife Katie took to the red carpet at Monday night’s Pride Of Britain Awards, three months after she underwent a ‘life-saving’ hysterectomy.
The couple, aged 63 and 35 respectively, looked as happy as ever during their jaunt along the red carpet at the emotional event honouring the great and good of the UK.
The couple joined a slew of stars, with Katie turning heads as she went braless beneath a deeply plunging dress while Nick looked sharp in a suit.
Her glamorous appearance comes after Katie announced she had undergone a hysterectomy in July, after ‘surviving’ years of ‘pain’.
The lingerie business owner, who married the DIY SOS star just one month before the operation, shared the news on Instagram in July as she posted snaps in her hospital gown and detailed her battle against PCOS, endometriosis and adenomyosis
Nick Knowles and his wife Katie took to the red carpet at Monday night’s Pride Of Britain Awards, three months after she underwent a ‘life-saving’ hysterectomy
Her glamorous appearance comes after Katie announced she had undergone a hysterectomy in July, after ‘surviving’ years of ‘pain’
The couple, aged 63 and 35 respectively, looked as happy as ever during their jaunt along the red carpet at the emotional event honouring the great and good of the UK
The candid post saw the mother-of-two open up about living through almost unbearable pain which left her ‘vomiting, curled up in bed and missing out on life’.
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure which removes a woman’s womb and may also involve the removal of other organs, such as the ovaries.
Katie’s caption read: ‘I’m 35 and I’ve just had a hysterectomy. I’ve lived with pcos, endometriosis and adenomyosis since Moses wore short pants And no, it wasn’t “just a bad period.”
‘It was constant hospital trips. Multiple laparoscopies. Bleeding through clothes. Vomiting from the pain. Being curled up in bed, missing out on life.
‘It was extreme bloating that made me look pregnant. It was migraines, stabbing pains in my legs, butt and stomach. It was chronic fatigue…
‘It was hiding in loos, crying over another ruined day. It was my daughters terrified of getting their periods in case they end up like mummy.
‘Years of misdiagnosis & being fobbed off. Told to take painkillers. That it was “normal.” It wasn’t. I’ve cried on bathroom floors…
‘I’ve bled through clothes in public. I’ve had 3 surgeries. I’ve tried every pill, every patch, every hormone tweak. I’ve been put on a medical menopause just to get through uni. And still… the pain came.’
The couple joined a slew of stars, with Katie turning heads as she went braless beneath a deeply plunging dress while Nick looked sharp in a suit
The couple looked every inch the celebrity couple in their glam looks
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure which removes a woman’s womb and may also involve the removal of other organs, such as the ovaries
Katie also spoke about not being able to recognise herself due to the pain of her diagnoses. Post-operation, she candidly admitted she feels ‘less like a woman’, but said she took the decision to undergo the surgery in order to ‘take her life back’.
Katie wrote: ‘It feels like something in me has changed, apart form being sans uterus. Right now, I’m in lots of pain. I’m bloated. I’m exhausted. I’m hot. I’m forgetful. I’m hot (see how that works on multiple levels…
‘I feel raw and less like myself. Less like a woman, if I’m being really honest. But this was a decision I made to take my life back. To stop surviving and start living again, & have days that aren’t defined by pain.
‘This is hopefully the beginning of healing. The beginning of self-love, scars, stitches and all. And please, if you’ve made it this far, I ask gently: This is something deeply personal.
‘If you’re tempted to leave a judgmental or flippant comment, I’m asking you to just scroll on. There is a real person behind this post.’
Admitting she’s ‘still in pain’ after the surgery, she was seen with bandages on her lower stomach
Katie, who is 27 years her spouse’s junior, hit back at trolls dubbing her a gold-digger in an exclusive interview with MailOnline
Katie and Nick, 27 years her senior, exchanged vows last month during a lavish six-figure wedding at Braxted Park in Essex.
The couple were thought to have spared no expense on the ceremony, which was attended by celebrity guests including Nick’s Strictly Come Dancing co-stars.
The newlyweds have however been the subject of cruel trolling during their relationship, with critics mocking their age difference and financial setup.
Katie, began dating her spouse in 2021, hit back at those dubbing her a ‘gold digger’, revealing they don’t get to her as much as they used to because she and Nick know it’s not true.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, she said of their age gap: ”I think at the start, it was probably more irritating, especially for my family. But now those comments kind of just pass over me because we both know it’s not true.
Katie stressed: ‘Nick works hard, he has what he has. I work hard, I have what I have and then we buy each other stuff.’
