Sandi Toksvig has renewed her vows with wife Debbie to celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the UK.
The couple renewed their vows in public on Saturday (March 29) at the Royal Festival Hall in London in front of more than 2,000 guests including family members.
Sandi and her partner entered into a civil partnership seven years ago, after meeting 14 years ago.
"On 29 March, the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act comes into force and now every citizen is free to get married," Sandi wrote in The Guardian.
"We can all celebrate whom we choose to love, and Debbie and I will be renewing the vows we took as civil partners on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London - a public declaration of a personal love in order to share our joy with as many people as possible.
The News Quiz host added: "My kids are all grown up now and fabulous. They are proud of who they are and, I believe, of their parents.
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"Their other mother and I still consider each other family and between us protect our babies as any mum would. Debbie, too, has a child from a previous life who now rough and tumbles with the rest of them in a great big, loving gang."
"This week we can celebrate in the UK, but I am mindful of the work still to be done in the world," the Danish-British comedian also explained. "The treatment and attitude to gay people in Nigeria, Uganda and Russia, for example, is medieval and shocking. Closer to home, there are, sadly, still those who live in fear.
"I hope I can live by example and encourage anyone who still lives in the dark closet to open the door, but I can only encourage. It's not for me to say who should or shouldn't be open about their private lives. We all have to tread our own path. I'm just delighted that mine has crossed with Debbie's.
"Marrying Debbie is one of the greatest things that has ever happened in my life," Sandi concluded.
