Jodie Kidd shares kiss with fiancé Joseph Bates on beach stroll
Jodie Kidd still hasn’t set a date for her wedding, more than a year after announcing her engagement to former Royal Marine Joseph Bates, but surely she’s found the perfect venue?
The 44-year-old TV personality is with Joseph, 36, in Barbados – home to the Kidd family estate, Holders.
Her sister Jemma married Arthur Wellesley, son and heir of the Duke of Wellington, in 2005.
Dressed in a kaftan, Jodie and her fiancé looked like newlyweds as they strolled barefoot on the beach before stopping for a cuddle on the sand.
The model, the great-granddaughter of Canadian Press baron the 1st Lord Beaverbrook, hopes to be lucky for the third time with this marriage.
Married soon? Jodie Kidd, 44, and her fiancé Joseph Bates, 36, looked in love as they strolled along the beach in Barbados this week
Smooch: Television personality Jodie and former Royal Marine Joseph shared a kiss as they stood on the golden sands more than a year after they got engaged
Happy couple: Dressed in a kaftan, Jodie and her fiancé looked like newlyweds as they strolled barefoot on the beach
She divorced her last husband David Blakeley in 2015 after just four months.
And she was divorced from her first husband, internet entrepreneur Aidan Butler, in 2007 after 18 months.
Earlier this year, Jodie shared how she enjoyed the first of her bachelorette nights with friends.
“I have so many,” she told the Daily Mail at a party to celebrate the launch of Metropolitan Casino Mayfair, where she was joined by fellow TV personality Kirsty Gallacher, 47, and American Pussycat Dolls singer Kimberly Wyatt, 40. .
“It’s just a really good excuse for me and my best friends to go out and have a nice dinner.” The first was actually because some of my girlfriends hadn’t met. We all went to Annabel’s [nightclub] and delicious food.’
Of her wedding plans, she confided, “It’s been a bit of a whirlwind over the last few years, so we need to sit down and get a date on the calendar.” We’re going to try it this year.’
In December 2021, it emerged that Jodie would marry for a third time after her ex-boyfriend from the Royal Marine proposed for a romantic trip to Paris.
“I said yes,” confirmed Jodie at the time, who shared a photo of her with her fiancé Joseph in front of the Arc de Triomphe in the French capital on Instagram.
Family affair: Barbados is home to the Kidd family estate, Holders, where Jodie’s sister Jemma married Arthur Wellesley, son and heir of the Duke of Wellington, in 2005
Celebration: Earlier this year, Jodie said of her first bachelorette party, “It’s just a really good excuse for me and my best friends to go out and have a lovely dinner”
Romance: In December 2021, it emerged that Jodie would marry for the third time after her Royal Marine ex-boyfriend proposed on a romantic trip to Paris
Moving to the next level: “I said yes,” confirmed Jodie at the time, who shared on Instagram a photo of her with her fiancé Joseph in front of the Arc de Triomphe in the French capital
The couple, who have been together since 2017, were congratulated by friends, including actress Poppy Delevingne, who described it as the “great news,” and Marcella star Anna Friel, who said Joseph was a “lucky man.”
Jodi, who runs The Half Moon pub in Kirdford, West Sussex, has a ten-year-old son, Indio, with Argentine polo player Andrea Vianini.
She has said she ruins trips to other pubs for her fiancé, adding: ‘My partner hates going to the pub with me.
“Even when we go as customers, I just sit there scanning and thinking, ‘That person has an empty glass,’ or ‘I’m going to clean up.’ I’m a nightmare and constantly on the go.’
Looking back: Jodi, who runs The Half Moon pub in Kirdford, West Sussex, has a ten-year-old son, Indio, with Argentine polo player Andrea Vianini (Jodie and Joseph pictured)