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6 days ago
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TV explorer Levison Wood is set to become a father as he reveals new girlfriend is pregnant - just days after sharing romance
TV explorer Levison Wood has announced that his new girlfriend Ana Protasio is pregnant with their first child. It was just four days ago when the TV explorer announced he had found love with a new lady in his life. The world adventurer, 43, gushed over his new romance with former model turned yoga teacher, Ana on social media. Sharing a sweet photo on Instagram on Sunday, he wrote: 'Happy birthday to this wonderful human being! (And yep we're having a baby, not just a big lunch)' He shared a sweet image of his glamorous girlfriend showing off her growing bump, as the pair beamed with happiness. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Fans were quick to offer their well wishes to Levison, who was considered Britain's most eligible bachelor at one point. Some comments read: 'Congrats to you both and enjoy the ride, so many adventures coming your way', 'Congrats Lev! Welcome to the dad club mate'. Earlier this week, the former army officer told his Instagram followers: 'Over the years I've met many people on the road, but every now and then, someone comes along who doesn't just travel with you, but changes the pace of the journey entirely. 'This is Ana. We've been exploring a shared path together lately, one filled with plenty of adventures, challenges and commitment. An exciting new chapter awaits.' He also shared some images of them together - one which included a picture of them canoeing, and another which saw them embracing in front of a vast mountain. Judging by the images, it's clear the pair share a mutual love for the great outdoors. Levison's followers were quick to throw their support behind the star, with one stating: 'Delighted to meet you Ana!! You two make a beautiful couple, good luck with all the travels and fun in your future xxx' It was just four days ago when the TV explorer announced he had found love with a new lady in his life Another added: 'Wishing you many adventures together' The explorer has been open about his desire to find romance in the past, and even admitted to joining dating apps in the hope of doing so. In an interview with MailOnline in 2021, the former soldier said: 'I used dating apps: I don't see a problem with it. I use them when I want to use them. 'That is how people meet these days, isn't it? How else can you meet your woman?' Levison also opened up about exactly what his type is, saying: 'I don't like to put people into boxes. 'If a woman is intelligent, interesting and fun - that is the basis really. I don't really care what job they do or anything like that. 'It is also about being comfortable in somebody's company and enjoying spending time with them.' After lockdown Levison was the victim of stalking, with the perpetrator jailed for 13 months. Fiza Jabeen, a doctor, made Wood so fearful for his and his family's safety that he decided to sell his London home. But after moving - and after Jabeen was made the subject of a restraining order - she tracked him down once again, visiting Levison's home at the time in Richmond. The doctor was jailed for 13 months after admitting one offence of stalking and harassment having sent the TV personality 'explicit and unpleasant messages' via social media. Levison's most recent endeavour - after a career where he served as a Major in the army, became a best-selling author and produced a host of documentaries - saw him embark on a tour called Walking the World: A Life of Exploration and Adventure. Levison delves into his extraordinary 20 years as an explorer, during which time he has experienced the amazing and the tragic, in the set of shows. During an expedition along the 4000-mile long Nile River from Rwanda to Egypt, a journalist travelling with the explorer named Matt Power was overcome with heat stroke and tragically died. Levison called his death 'a haunting moment that stays with me every day'. And in his closest brush up with death, the 43-year-old almost lost his life during a trek across the Himalayas in 2015. He came face to face with tigers, crocodiles and even a cannibal on the remarkable journey but it was a short car ride which was almost his undoing. After being left with nowhere to sleep as night fell, Wood and his colleagues piled into an SUV and paid the driver to take them to the nearest town in search of a bed. As the vehicle wound its way along the treacherous mountain scape, its brake cable snapped throwing it off the edge of a cliff and into a ravine. Somehow Levison and all the other passengers survived, with the explorer later saying: 'We are lucky to be alive'.
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
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- Daily Mail
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: TV explorer Levison Wood embarks on biggest adventure - fatherhood with Brazilian model
Trusting in what he describes as 'almost blind optimism', he never envisages failure – an indomitable spirit which sustained him on active service in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention when circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula or walking the length of the River Nile or the Himalayas, where he flew off a cliff when the brakes on a car failed. But even Levison Wood has admitted that he's struggled in one often bewildering environment – the 21st century dating scene where, he told me a while back, he hoped to encounter 'a woman with a sense of adventure and a sense of fun'. So I'm delighted to reveal that the former Parachute Regiment officer turned explorer, author and broadcaster, has pulled off what he can justifiably consider his greatest triumph to about to become a father after falling for Brazilian firecracker Ana Protasio, a beauty whose accomplishments traverse numerous fields. 'Ana's a therapist and a yoga instructor and a model,' Levison, 43, tells me from the Alps, where he and Ana are on currently on holiday, relaxing in what, for Levison, is trademark manner – 'climbing mountains'. It would seem an appropriately invigorating prelude to the impending addition to the Wood family. 'We're happily expecting our first child at the end of July,' confirms Levison, who's travelled across at least 120 countries, contending with broken bones, tigers, crocodiles and – so far – one cannibal. It's tempting to see the couple's romance as the perfect incentive for a chap to hack his way into the undergrowth. 'We met travelling in Costa Rica and stayed friends,' says Levison, adding that they 'reconnected' last year. Being an officer and a gentleman, he declines to disclose Ana's age and even refrains from saying whether they are engaged – or married – but assures me: 'We're very serious in our commitment to each other. 'I've got some very exciting projects I'd love to do in South America,' adds Levison, whose latest book, The Great Tree Story: How Forests Have Shaped Our World, was published this spring. That should earn Ana's seal of approval. How Princess Anne put boot into rugby star Princess Anne enjoyed cutting her pal Scottish rugby international Kenny Logan down to size when he was bursting with pride at representing his country. 'I remember playing in the World Cup in 2003, when England won, [Scotland coach] Ian McGeechan said, 'Think about the five million people in Scotland supporting you'. And running out on to the pitch and turning around and meeting Princess Anne,' 53-year-old Logan recalls. 'She said to me, 'You all right, Kenny?' I said, 'Yeah, yeah,' and shook her hand. She said 'I can't believe you still get a game'.' He adds of the princess, who's patron of Scottish Rugby: 'She was horsey, I was horsey, farming, and outdoors. We had a great relationship. And even when I see her now she'll always say hi or try and sell me a horse or something like that.' There's no place like home for Sir Michael Palin, who still lives in the 'modest' family house in unfashionable Gospel Oak, north London, that he bought with his late wife, Helen, in 1966. He has resisted the celebrity tendency to move somewhere bigger and swankier. 'Helen influenced our living an unostentatious life,' says the former Monty Python star, 82. 'I like meeting people. I like hearing their stories. I don't want to be cut off because of what I do and [it] is such a nice little area. You've got everything you want here. So why move? Unless you feel you want to or your status demands it.' His only concession was to buy the cottage next door and combine the houses. Lady Amelia takes a twirl at art show... Lady Amelia Windsor, whose sister Marina announced her engagement this week, is clearly in the mood to celebrate. The Duke of Kent's 29-year-old granddaughter gave a twirl in the courtyard of Burlington House as she arrived at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition preview party. Lady Amelia, who was once named as the 'most beautiful royal' by Tatler magazine, wore a one-shouldered, lime green mini-dress to the art event. Her sister, Lady Marina, 32, is to wed IT specialist Nico Macauley. ...While potter Perry really is a picture There was little chance of Sir Grayson Perry failing to stand out from the crowd at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition preview party. The cross-dressing potter, 65, was a riot of colour in a purple wig and an orange and yellow jumper featuring exaggerated puff sleeves. He paired the eccentric top with blue satin shorts, orange tights and fuchsia pink laced boots. The ceramicist has been a member of the Royal Academy since 2011. Kemi Badenoch says she has received advice from every living former Tory leader, with one exception. 'They've all offered me, actually, all except Liz [Truss], have offered advice,' she says. Interviewing her, comic
