Celia Walden Is Piers Morgan’s Wife: Every Fact About Her

• Celia Walden,49, is the second wife of British broadcaster Piers Morgan
• The former Daily Mail columnist has worked for several media outlets including the Evening Standard
• The mother-of-one has been involved in quite a couple of controversies in her career just as her husband 

British journalist and critic Celia Walden is widely known as the wife of broadcaster Piers Morgan. She has an impressive career as an English broadcaster. Known for her commentaries on women’s issues and social etiquette, Piers Morgan’s wife has worked as an author and columnist for quite a number of outlets like Glamour magazine, GQ, Elle, Porter Magazine, and The Spectator. She has worked for the Evening Standard and Daily Mail as a journalist.

Celia Walden and her husband have been married since 2010 and are raising their daughter, Elise together.

Celia Walden was Born in Paris but Raised in London 

Piers Morgan’s wife was born in Paris on December 08, 1975, to her parents George Walden and Sarah Nicolette Hunt. However, she was raised in London alongside her two siblings; William and Oliver.

Celia Walden’s father is also an English journalist and a former diplomat who has served as a member of Parliament for Buckingham(1983-1997) as well as a former minister for Higher Education. Her mother is an art historian.

For her educational pursuits, the English broadcaster went to elite Westminster school and later Cambridge University where she studied French and Italian Literature.

The 49-year-old Journalist Started Her Career as a Feature Writer

Celia Walden started her career in journalism as a feature writer and columnist for Daily Mail. She also worked as an editor for the Daily Telegraph’s diary section Spy. In August 2008, she published her first novel, Harm’s Way. 

As a journalist, Celia has written commentaries on lifestyle, entertainment, and social etiquette. In 2011, she wrote a memoir, Babysitting George about her time with footballer, George Best but was not well received by the footballer’s wife, Alex Best who revealed Celia only spent a few days with him.

The social critic’s book was BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week. It was also nominated for the William Hill 2011 Sportsbook of the Year prize.

She has also written several feature pieces for Glamour, GQ, and also The Spectator magazines. Her most recent work, PayDay: The Most Addictive was released in 2020.

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Celia Walden Married Piers Morgan in 2010

According to reports, Walden started dating the former Good Morning Britain host in 2006 while he was still married to his first wife, Marion Shalloe. Piers married Shalloe in 1991 when he was 26 years old.

Piers’ first marriage ended in 2008 and he went ahead to marry Celia in 2010. Their wedding took place at St. Mary’s Church on June 24 in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire.

Celia Walden’s husband announced there were expecting their first child together in June 2011 and on 25 November, the couple welcomed their daughter Elise Pughe-Morgan. While 13-year-old Elise is Celia’s first child, she is Piers’ fourth child and only daughter.

In August 2022, Celia Walden revealed she took a six-week marriage sabbatical. She added that she did that not because she had issues in her marriage but because she wanted to take a break from her husband and the marriage entirely. Nevertheless, she reportedly took her daughter with her during the sabbatical.

Celia Walden and Her Husband Have Both Been Involved in Several Controversies

While working as a writer for the Daily Mail, the social commentator was accused of using several pictures that showed too much skin for her column, Spy. However, she continued to ignore her readers’ comments about her picture until the newspaper diary segment was scrapped.

In March 2011, Walden’s article in Daily Telegraph was labeled insensitive due to the way she reportedly wrote an impassionate piece about her disgust for cyclists. The said article was published the same week a cyclist was killed in central London by a heavy goods vehicle. Also, the article was condemned by the Cycling Intelligence website.

While Celia is not known to have many controversies, her husband, Morgan has been involved in quite a number. Of recent, he has been in the news for publicly criticizing Meghan Markle and her husband, Prince Harry. The journalist has been a regular critic of the couple and has claimed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are hypocrites.

Also, Celia Walden’s husband had a tense on-air argument with his co-host on the Good Morning Britain episode on March 9, 2022, and he walked off the set of the show. In regards to that, Celia has sided with her husband claiming that they doubted the accuracy of the account of the Suits actress’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Furthermore, the former Daily Mail columnist criticized Meghan for trying to trademark the word “archetypes” adding that the Duchess of Sussex only wants to use her podcast to talk about herself.