For those about to dance, we salute you. See on Strictly Come Dancing, Rachel Riley’s Husband
Jamie Gilbert , whom she met when studying mathematics at Oriel College.
To get ready for their first dance at the wedding party she had a strong one-hour session with Izabela Dance, a professional who appeared in series three of Strictly.
So he got many chances to win!
Rachel married her longterm partner Jamie Gilbert. He is a millionaire from Oxford. They broke up in 2009 soon after she replaced Carol Vorderman on the gameshow, but got together in 2011.
He said then:
It was only when we were walking down the stairs to the ceremony that I got a bit nervous.
She added:
As soon as I saw Jamie, I was waiting for his reaction to my dress.
As Rachel lived peacefully with her parents in Essex, 26-year-old Jamie Gilbert lives on an expansive East Sussex estate and drives a £250,000 maroon Lamborghini Murcielago! So opposites attract, once more confirmed.
Jamie loves hockey and is an intellectual guy too. As Charterhouse-educated Jamie joined Mensa at the age of 13 after scoring 173 on an IQ test!
Jamie studied classics and now works for his father David’s high-end computer company, Powerdesk,
which began by integrating PCs into high end furniture such as desks, coffee tables and kitchen surfaces but now markets a remote-control tool that keeps computer boxes and peripherals such as printers from cluttering up your desk.
The Gilberts have made a lot of money from the big business, and lately sold their former Surrey home to celebrity couple Ashley and Cheryl Cole for £3.5million.
But Jamie also admires his wife:
Rachel will become a household name once her first Countdown episode is broadcast.
She’s wonderful at maths. I never understood her work at university – it all looked like random squiggles to me.
He was also a young chess champ but gave it up
when we had to start competing against computers.
His Twitter here .
