Strictly Come Dancing star Janette Manrara has shared the emotional moment her husband Aljaz Skorjanec was reunited with his family.
The Strictly couple travelled to Alijaz's home country Slovenia to see his family for the first time in two years and to meet his 10-month-old niece Tisa for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a heart-warming video shared by Janette pro dancer Alijaz, who is also a doting uncle to three-year-old Zala, hugged his sister Lara, his father and his nieces.
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Janette's captioned the video: "Two years, and a new baby niece later, but cuddles and love all around for the next few weeks."
Ahead of their journey Alijaz said: "Two hours away to cuddles. I can't wait.
"All of it."
In the 2021 series of Strictly Aljaz danced with Dragons' Den star Sara Davies.
They became the seventh contestant to be eliminated from the BBC dance contest after facing Tilly Ramsay in the dreaded dance off.
Aljaz is a 19-time Slovenian champion in Ballroom, Latin and Ten Dance.
He joined Strictly in the 11th series in 2013 and, after being partnered with model Abbey Clancy, Aljaz became the fourth professional to win in his first series.
His celeb partners over the years also include This Morning presenter Alison Hammond, Call the Midwife actress Helen George, model Daisy Lowe and former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress Gemma Atkinson.
During the Strictly final on Saturday night Aljaz and Janette wowed fans as they performed a passionate routine while guest star Ed Sheeran sang his hit song Bad Habits.
And viewers were happy to see Janette back on the dancefloor after she was absent from the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing while she presented its spin-off show It Takes Two.
