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Why Craig Revel Horwood's wedding with fiancé Jonathan may be inspired by Strictly

The Strictly judge may have picked his first dance

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Nichola Murphy
Deputy Lifestyle Editor
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Craig Revel Horwood has previously revealed he plans to wed his fiancé Jonathan Myring in 2023, but he has already begun to think about some aspects of their nuptials – and it could be inspired by Strictly Come Dancing.

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The Strictly judge was among the many people moved by John Whaite's stunning Rumba with his professional dance partner Johannes Radebe on Saturday night. Not only was it the highest-scoring rhumba of the 2021 series, earning a 10 from Shirley Ballas, but Craig is also considering using it for his first dance with horticulturalist Jonathan.

WATCH: Craig Revel-Horwood Discusses Engagement With Partner Jonathan Myring

When Tess Daly asked Craig his thoughts on the routine, he responded: "I was just thinking through that dance I might teach Johnathan my fiancé and steal it as my wedding dance." Laughing, he added: "I don't know whether or not he'd be up for it though! I thought it was absolutely gorgeous."

After a clip of the routine was posted on Strictly's Instagram account, fans flocked to the comments section to share their praise. "Mesmerising. Emotional. Just incredible," remarked one, and another wrote: "That was the most beautiful dance I've ever seen on Strictly." A third added: "Gorgeous should have been 40."

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John and Johannes performed a beautiful Rumba on Saturday

Craig confirmed that he was in a relationship with Jonathan back in March 2018, telling The Sun: "He's good looking, 5ft 10in, dark hair and beard. We met on the Strictly Tour a month ago.

"He came to the show with a friend and we met backstage. We plan on seeing each other a lot. We have all our weekends planned until Strictly."

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The Strictly judge met his partner in 2018

Appearing on The Steph Show back in May, Craig and Jonathan opened up about the marriage proposal which took place during a trip to Tasmania. "It was a slight disaster really," said Jonathan. "I had a beautiful engagement planned in Tasmania and Craig refused to go and sit on the banks of the river to look for platypus. So I had to call him to frantically call him to go…"

Interrupting his partner, Craig quipped: "That's because the last time we waited for platypus, it was four hours and we didn't see one. So I wasn’t going to sit through that again, was I? All I wanted to do was go back to the hotel and have a bubble bath.

"Well I jumped in the bubble bath and then Jonathan jumped in with me and proposed in the bubble bath with a glass of champagne."

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