Orlando and Miranda: How love 'bloomed' between the pirate and his Angel

When the first photo emerged confirming the romance the photogenic pair had been dating for about a year.

Snapped at the Sydney races in April 2008, Miranda, from a small town in New South Wales, couldn't have looked happier after introducing her beau to her parents John and Therese. 

The leggy Austalian beauty's broad smile suggested the meeting had been an unqualified success.