{"id":68109,"date":"2023-09-29T14:28:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=68109"},"modified":"2023-09-29T14:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:28:29","slug":"bbc-star-celebrates-20-year-marriage-after-facing-death-before-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/bbc-star-celebrates-20-year-marriage-after-facing-death-before-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC star celebrates 20 year marriage after facing death before wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>BBC newsreader celebrates &#8216;miracle&#8217; 20 year anniversary after being told she was dying from cancer six months before her wedding<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>BBC Radio host Clare Ruacres, 52, was told her cancer had\u00a0&#8216;no further treatment&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE: The mother-of-four who miraculously beat cancer FIFTEEN times\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A BBC newsreader who was told she wasn&#8217;t going to make it to her first wedding anniversary after her aggressive cancer returned six months before her big day has now celebrated her 20th year married.<\/p>\n<p>Clare Runacres, 52,\u00a0 who works on Radio 2,\u00a0\u00a06Music and 5Live, said it was a &#8216;miracle&#8217; to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a photo with her husband Mike Ramsden on their wedding day to Twitter the newsreader wrote:\u00a0&#8216;Six months before this photo the cancer I&#8217;d had at university had returned. It was aggressive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was no further treatment. We got married very quickly, not knowing how long we&#8217;d have. We didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d make our 1st anniversary. Today is our 20th&#8217;.\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She added a picture of the beaming couple grinning from ear to ear, as she clutched a bouquet of white roses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/17\/75944321-12569911-image-a-125_1695917244487.jpg\" height=\"797\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>BBC Radio presenter Clare Runacres revealed in an emotional post celebrating 20 years of marriage after being diagnosed with aggressive cancer six months before the wedding<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/10\/75930199-12569911-image-a-13_1695893162590.jpg\" height=\"843\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>BBC Radio newsreader Clare Runacres thought she and then-boyfriend, Mike Ramsden, would not make it to their first wedding anniversary following her cancer diagnosis 20 years ago\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sharing pictures of the day, she went on: &#8216;It was a beautiful day. Full of love and tears. Surrounded by our closest friends and family, we put our fears aside and danced til dawn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Even now I can&#8217;t look at the photos without feeling that raw emotion. To reach 20 years feels like a miracle.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Clare was first diagnosed with cancer aged 20 while attending university and had surgery to remove a tumour, though her doctors told her there was no form of treatment to prevent the cancer from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Chemo and radiotherapy doesn&#8217;t work on the cancer,&#8217; she told The Washington Post, &#8216;You just have to hope it doesn&#8217;t spread, which for most people, it does.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Nine years later, when the newsreader turned 29, the cancer returned &#8211; this time, however, she was told by doctors that the majority of patients with her diagnosis would die within six months.<\/p>\n<p>After Mike proposed to Clare in April 2003, the couple decided to set a wedding date for September that year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before their wedding day, Clare underwent a second operation to remove the new cancerous mass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the surgery was successful, Clare anticipated that it would spread again, as it had the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/15\/75939449-12569911-52_year_old_Clare_from_London_is_best_known_for_her_soothing_voi-a-71_1695910933758.jpg\" height=\"865\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>52-year-old Clare, from London, is best known for her soothing voice as she reads the news on BBC Radio 2, 6 Music and 5 Live<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/10\/75929883-12569911-image-a-6_1695892649483.jpg\" height=\"187\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/10\/75929867-12569911-image-a-7_1695892656468.jpg\" height=\"125\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/10\/75929881-12569911-image-a-8_1695892679937.jpg\" height=\"197\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>BBC Radio presenter Clare Runacres revealed in an emotional post celebrating 20 years of &#8216;miracle&#8217; marriage after being diagnosed with aggressive cancer before the wedding\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/10\/75930197-12569911-image-a-11_1695892919139.jpg\" height=\"631\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Clare has expressed feeling blessed to have reached the significant 20-year milestone in marriage, with the radio host saying: &#8216;To reach 20 years feels like a miracle&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, the couple went on to have a family, with the BBC star giving birth to three babies within four years &#8211; who all have the same birthday.<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8216;Basically, I was planning my funeral when I was planning my wedding. From then on, I measured out my wellness on milestones that my children made. The milestones I&#8217;ve seen have been magical.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing feeling blessed to have reached the significant 20-year milestone in marriage, the radio host said: &#8216;To reach 20 years feels like a miracle.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clare extended the message personally to her husband, adding: &#8216;Mikey, thank you for taking a chance on me. You&#8217;re the best person I know. You are my miracle.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She wrote an additional word of advice for people who have been diagnosed with cancer, particularly forms that could be aggressive or resistant to treatment, writing: &#8216;For those living with cancer &#8211; keep hoping, believing, dreaming.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12569911\/BBC-newsreader-celebrates-miracle-20-year-anniversary-told-dying-cancer-six-months-wedding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC newsreader celebrates &#8216;miracle&#8217; 20 year anniversary after being told she was dying from cancer six months before her wedding BBC Radio host Clare Ruacres, 52, was told her cancer had\u00a0&#8216;no further treatment&#8217; READ MORE: The mother-of-four who miraculously beat cancer FIFTEEN times\u00a0\u00a0 A BBC newsreader who was told she wasn&#8217;t going to make it to her first wedding anniversary [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC star celebrates 20 year marriage after facing death before wedding - CELEBAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/bbc-star-celebrates-20-year-marriage-after-facing-death-before-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC star celebrates 20 year marriage after facing death before wedding - CELEBAND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC newsreader celebrates &#8216;miracle&#8217; 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