Strictly star Tess Daly’s rarely seen daughter Phoebe Kay towers over her as they’re spotted in London
AFTER twenty years at the helm of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, it now seems that there is a new blonde in Tess Daly’s shadow- her daughter Phoebe.
The 55- year-old was seen enjoying some retail therapy in London’s Notting Hill with her nineteen year old lookalike daughter.
The pair were stylishly dressed in black and navy winter colours, their matching blonde hair loose on their shoulders.
Strictly host Tess who is known to millions for her presenting role on the BBC’s flagship show, wore a baseball cap, while daughter Phoebe who is taller than her 5’9 mother, wore a black polo neck with a draping scarf, offset with leather trousers.
Mother and daughter were clearly enjoying the little boutiques and delis of the London’s famous neighbourhood, as they popped into chef Ottolenghi’s shop and were seen eyeing up the sweet treats.
Then the duo were seen surveying some of the area’s palatial houses, and Tess snapped some pictures leading onlookers to wonder whether they may be considering relocating from their Buckinghamshire home.
Former-model-turned-presenter Tess, shares daughter Phoebe and younger daughter Amber, 14 with husband, the BBC radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay, whom she married in 2003.
Until she turned 18, Phoebe and her sister have been kept firmly out of the public eye at their parent’s insistence, as Tess has been keen for them to enjoy a normal childhood.
Indeed last year, Phoebe made her red carpet debut for the flashbulbs, after she accompanied her father to a film premiere in London last March.
In an interview with Mail online from 2021, Tess explained that her husband Vernon have worked hard to keep the girls ‘grounded.’
She says: ‘They have good morals and respect others. It’s everything. They build their self-esteem via you. It is so important to us to keep them grounded.
‘It has never been about us at home – it is about them and their lives and us at a family. Phoebe didn’t even know I worked on TV until she was about seven!
She had no idea until she saw me once and said “there’s my mum!” She just thought I went to work on a Saturday because to them it is work.
‘Of course they thoroughly enjoy it and they loved watching their dad on I’m A Celeb, they love Strictly – but it is part of what we do and it doesn’t define who we are to them. We’re just mum and dad.”
And Vernon has of wife Tess that their similar northern upbringing has helped them to navigate the heady world of fame. He said in 2022: “’They have good morals and respect others. It’s everything. They build their self-esteem via you. It is so important to us to keep them grounded.
‘It has never been about us at home – it is about them and their lives and us at a family. Phoebe didn’t even know I worked on TV until she was about seven!
She had no idea until she saw me once and said “there’s my mum!” She just thought I went to work on a Saturday because to them it is work.
‘Of course they thoroughly enjoy it and they loved watching their dad on I’m A Celeb, they love Strictly – but it is part of what we do and it doesn’t define who we are to them. We’re just mum and dad.
‘Sometimes I think that the old silver spoon and life on a plate in front of them… I think that’s quite contradictory to how you want them to be.
‘We let them be independent when it comes to them and their futures because it’s important that you allow them to find themselves, which is character building and personality development.