For many years now, Ant and Dec have done everything together.
From buying houses next to each other to going on holiday together, visiting the same barber and tailor, buying the same cars and, of course, always appearing on television as a pair (with Ant always on the left and Dec always on the right).
And with Ant McPartlin, 45, now newly engaged to girlfriend Anne-Marie Corbett, 43, after a Christmas Eve proposal, it looks as if they are going to have matching wives, too.
The two women in their lives are both employees of celebrity agency James Grant management, which is how they met the two presenters in the first place. Declan Donnelly‘s wife Ali Astall, also 43, started working for the company in 2003 as Anthea Turner’s PA before joining the Ant and Dec team the following year.
She and Dec, 45, started dating in 2013 and married in 2015. Ant and Anne-Marie first met when she was hired by James Grant about nine years ago as Ant and his then wife Lisa’s PA.
Ali had baby daughter Isla in September 2018, while Anne-Marie has two daughters, Daisy and Poppy, with her former husband Scott.
Style ‘sisters’ Anne-Marie and Ali wear the same shoes, carry identical handbags and select identikit looks time and again.
Here, ALISON BOSHOFF shows why it is as hard to tell them apart as Ant and Dec themselves …
Girls take the lead . . .
When Ant and Dec wear shades it’s hard enough to tell them apart.
When it’s the women in their lives too, it’s anybody’s guess who is who.
The dogs are even walking in sync!
Ant and Anne-Marie were out walking their Maltipoos while Dec and Ali were taking dachshund Rocky for a stroll.
When Ant (left) and Dec (right) wear shades it’s hard enough to tell them apart. When it’s the women in their lives too, it’s anybody’s guess who is who. The dogs are even walking in sync!
Double denim
They are both leggy blondes and have made the most of this with denim hot pants.
Anne-Marie wore hers in August last year for a walk in the park with Ant. Ali did the same when she and Dec were in Australia filming I’m a Celebrity in 2017.
After rehab for an addiction to painkillers in 2017, which he started taking after knee surgery, Ant moved into a rented house in January 2018.
He then had a car crash in London in the March while over the drink/driving limit, was convicted and went to rehab again.
News of his romance with Anne-Marie emerged in June 2018.
Both he and Anne-Marie are divorced. His ex, make-up artist Lisa Armstrong, is said to have got £31 million as a settlement.
Both women are both leggy blondes and have made the most of this with denim hot pants. Anne-Marie (left) wore hers in August last year for a walk in the park with Ant. Ali (right) did the same when she and Dec were in Australia filming I’m a Celebrity in 2017.
Twinning at Wimbledon
Both had an outing to watch the tennis at Wimbledon’s Centre Court.
Anne-Marie wore a feminine pink dress in 2019, and Ali, pregnant at the time, wore a folk-print maxi dress in 2018.
Both teamed their outfits with strong pink lipstick.
Twinning at Wimbledon: Anne-Marie wore a feminine pink dress in 2019 to watch a match
Ali, pregnant at the time, wore a folk-print maxi dress in 2018 while attending Wimbledon
Sporty get-ups
Anne-Marie and Ali wore what seem to be identical black yoga pants with a mesh panel (Dharma Bums, £60) and the same plain Nike trainers (£48).
Anne-Marie wore hers on an outing in January 2018 and Ali was pictured in her sportswear in November the same year in her native Australia.
Anne-Marie (left) and Ali (right) wore what seem to be identical black yoga pants with a mesh panel (Dharma Bums, £60) and the same plain Nike trainers (£48)
Night out, white out
Anne-Marie and Ali both wore a white dress and heels on a night out together with Ant and Dec to celebrate the end of I’m A Celebrity in 2019.
Ali often chooses to wear flat shoes so that she doesn’t tower over Dec, who’s a diminutive 5 ft 6 in, whereas Ant is 5 ft 8 in, just a little taller than Anne-Marie.
Ant calls Dec: ‘The little fella.’
Anne-Marie (left) and Ali (right) both wore a white dress and heels on a night out together with Ant and Dec to celebrate the end of I’m A Celebrity in 2019
Something to share in the air
The boys travel with matching luggage – and matching women. No heels for Anne-Marie, right, or Ali, so they’re similar heights to their partners.
In an interview Ant said that, after going through rehab for painkiller addiction in June 2017 and the breakdown of his marriage afterwards, Anne-Marie had then helped him through an addiction to alcohol.
He said: ‘We were going through turmoil. It was the last thing on either of our minds to get into a relationship. But there we were and we were like, ‘This felt so good, why deny it.’ ‘
In an interview Ant (left) said that, after going through rehab for painkiller addiction in June 2017 and the breakdown of his marriage afterwards, Anne-Marie (right) had then helped him through an addiction to alcohol
Both couples travel with similar luggage. Pictured: Dec and wife Ali arrive at Heathrow airport
Matching comfy coats
What could be more practical than a padded coat when out for a wintry walk with the pooch?
Ali cuddles dachshund Rocky in an expensive Canada Goose number.
Anne-Marie chose a very similar style as she carried one of her Maltipoo puppies, which the couple bought in 2019.
Anne-Marie and Ant also have shared custody of Labrador Hurley, the dog Ant bought with his ex-wife, Lisa Armstrong.
They have the dog for a week at a time.
What could be more practical than a padded coat when out for a wintry walk with the pooch? Ali (right) cuddles dachshund Rocky in an expensive Canada Goose number. Anne-Marie (left) chose a very similar style as she carried one of her Maltipoo puppies
Chanel a deux
The two women have a taste for the same luxury designer handbags.
On a night out at the Ivy in Wimbledon, South-West London, in 2018, both Ali and Anne-Marie carried matching cream Chanel flap bags, costing £4,220.
They also both have the Chanel bags in black. Anne-Marie was seen with hers at Wimbledon in 2019.
Ant and Dec, both worth around £60 million, wear near-identical Rolex watches.
Ant favours a white Rolex Milgauss worth around £4,500 and Dec wears a black-faced Rolex Explorer II costing around £4,800.
The two women have a taste for the same luxury designer handbags. On a night out at the Ivy in Wimbledon, South-West London, in 2018, both Ali and Anne-Marie carried matching cream Chanel flap bags, costing £4,220