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First of all, I want to say thank you to you, Steve.

I know that you're in the Highlands at the moment, but this is an emergency.

No, no, my pleasure, it's my privilege to be here.

And Joe, you join us also. We are all remote.

Yeah, absolutely.

Wouldn't have missed it.

I wouldn't have called this if it wasn't important.

No, no, I understand completely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

So the last we heard from him was in June when he shared his recipe for a margarita pizza.

Who am I talking about? Paul Hollywood. Paul Hollywood.

Paul Hollywood, thank you. The news has broken today. I understand you're near Ben Nevis,

Steve, so perhaps it hasn't reached you there yet. Paul Hollywood, 56, is engaged.

I mean, it's huge news, and if I can just jump in straight away, Dan, it has reached up here in Ben Nevis.

And it's all anyone's talking about, and it's big news news and there is divided opinion up here in Scotland at least.

Well, before we get into the divisions that this will obviously cause, let's just look at the facts as they stand at the moment.

Paul Hollywood 56 is indeed engaged.

The great British Bake Off star is, quote, set to marry his pub landlady girlfriend, Melissa Spalding, 38, of course.

And this really is where the controversy lies after quietly proposing months ago.

It was a quiet proposal.

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