Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud, 63, ties the knot with businesswoman Jenny Jones

Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud has married his partner Jenny Jones discreetly, it was revealed by one of his friends.

The TV presenter, 63, and the businesswomen became romantically entangled last year – nearly five years after walking out on his ex wife.

One of Kevin’s pals confirmed the secret wedding and told the Daily Mail’s Richard Eden: ‘They’re just back from honeymoon.’

Congratulations! Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has married his partner Jenny Jones discreetly, it was revealed by one of his friends

Kevin, who in his youth toyed with a career as a classical singer — studying for a year at the Florence Conservatory of Music — refrains from comment.

It comes four years after McCloud left his wife of 23 years – interior designer Suzanna McCloud, known as Zani, with whom he has a son and daughter.

McCloud, who also has has two other children from previous relationships, left the marital home suddenly four years ago.

Ex: It comes four years after McCloud left his wife of 23 years – interior designer Suzanna McCloud, known as Zani, with whom he has a son and daughter (pictured at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2006)

One of his wife’s friends told the Daily Mail at the time: ‘Zani is absolutely devastated. She came back home one day to find that Kevin had taken his things and left.’

The TV star, who has spent the past 20 years charting the highs and lows of building your own home, had shared a 500-year-old farmhouse with Suzanna near Bruton in Somerset. 

The couple sold their previous Grade II-listed home in 2010 to Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson for £1.85million.

McCloud studied art and architecture at Cambridge University, where he was a member of the Footlights comedy revue, alongside Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

Romance: The TV presenter, 62, and the businesswomen became romantically entangled last year – nearly five years after walking out on his ex wife

He has previously spoken about being a difficult person to live with. ‘I’m terribly fastidious,’ he said. 

‘I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family’s.’ 

Before starting at university, he trained as an opera singer in Italy. 

After graduating from Cambridge, he trained as a theatre designer before setting up his own lighting design practice – and at one point, his company employed 26 people.

His first TV presenting appearance was a 1998 guest stint on BBC2 makeover show Home Front In The Garden.

One of Kevin’s pals confirmed the secret wedding and told the Daily Mail’s Richard Eden: ‘They’re just back from honeymoon.’