BBC The One Show's Alex Jones recalls 'sleeping on a bench' with husband

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The One Show's Alex Jones has given fans a rare glimpse into her personal life with husband Charlie Thomson, revealing their first holiday together was a chaotic affair that perfectly encapsulates their relationship.

The couple, who tied the knot in a stunning ceremony at Cardiff Castle on New Year's Eve 2015 and have three children, recently appeared on The Travel Diaries podcast with Holly Rubenstein.

During the chat, Alex reminisced about their first trip as a couple to Lake Como, which took place just "six weeks" into their relationship.

The presenter revealed that what was supposed to be a romantic three-day getaway quickly turned into a comedy of errors when they missed the last boat home and ended up sleeping on a bench.

Despite the mishap, Alex said they now look back on the incident and "laugh their socks off", describing it as a situation that sums them up in a "nutshell".

Alex Jones pictured with her husband (Image: Alex Jones/Instagram)

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She recalled: "We went to Lake Como, just for a weekend, we'd only been together for about five or six weeks and we just went for three nights.

"It was absolutely wonderful but, you know, we were in the early days and there was a lot of wine involved. We got on a boat and went to a little village called Bellagio, which is on the lake, very beautiful, stunning, and we found this bar where you could sit right by the lake."

"The sun was going down and it was so nice and the wine was delicious, and we drank too much wine, by the end, they were feeding us pizza because they were worried about us.

"Then we went back to the ferry port, and the guy looked at us and said 'What do you mean? You've missed the last ferry it's gone, there's not another one until 6am,' so we slept on a bench that night."

"We found this really dodgy, dingy nightclub, stayed there until it closed, had a great time dancing and luckily it was quite hot so we just slept on a bench and then got the 6am ferry.", reports Wales Online.

Alex added: "Loads of people are like 'That's where George Clooney lives,' and I didn't see any of that, I slept on a bench.

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"We always think back to that night and laugh our socks off because actually that really does sum us up, having a great time and mised the ferry, that's basically us in a nutshell."

It comes after Alex shared, on the same podcast, that it was a "thirst for adventure" that saw the couple winding up together. She said: "I think the reason my husband and I are together is because he loves travelling he is a little nomad."

The One Show airs on weeknights at 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones recalls 'sleeping on a bench' with husband

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones recalls 'sleeping on a bench' with husband

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones recalls 'sleeping on a bench' with husband

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones recalls 'sleeping on a bench' with husband

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones recalls 'sleeping on a bench' with husband