Victoria Coren Mitchell and her husband David have welcomed their second child together after keeping the pregnancy a secret.
Victoria - who already shares eight-year-old daughter Barbara with comedian David, 49 - kept her pregnancy a secret before confirming the birth of her second child. Victoria wrote: 'My TV column today is the last in a while - I'm taking a little sabbatical, though I HAVE recorded some TV shows for people to shout at in my absence. For my last pre-break column I've written about Blankety Blank and my new friend Lozza.'
Just weeks before giving birth, Victoria also appeared as a guest host on Have I Got News for You but strategically managed to conceal her pregnancy on air. The show regular sat in the hosting seat for the 18th time as she returned to lead the show alongside joined guest panelists Carol Vorderman and Ignacio Lopez, and team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop.
Just weeks later, Victoria confirmed that she had welcomed her second child and took to Instagram to announce her and David's news. With someone else saying: 'Congratulations, I'm sure everyone is happy to hear some lovely news right now and another Coren Mitchell in the world is certainly that!'. David, who wed Victoria in 2012, previously described their first daughter Barbara as 'the best human being that has ever been born'.
'What you want is a long period of bland contentment… I'm a family man. I've made bad choices and I am constantly worried.'