{"id":671293,"date":"2026-07-03T08:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671293\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:17:08","slug":"what-we-know-about-richard-hammonds-girlfriend-keira-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671293\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about Richard Hammond&#8217;s girlfriend Keira Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The star, who runs his Smallest Cog garage in Hereford&#8217;s Rotherwas, announced the split from his wife Mindy after &#8220;an amazing 28 years together&#8221; in January last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The couple said at the time \u201cwe will always be in each other\u2019s lives and are proud of the family we created&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now, having moved out of his long-term home, Bollitree Castle in Weston-under-Penyard and into a grand new home in the Abergavenny area, Richard Hammond has confirmed he is in a new relationship.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Here&#8217;s all you need to know about the star&#8217;s new love.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Richard Hammond&#8217;s new girlfriend<\/p>\n<p>\n  Richard Hammond has confirmed he is in a new relationship following the end of his marriage to Mindy after nearly three decades together.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The television presenter mentioned his girlfriend while discussing his domestic routine in a recent interview.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Writing about his typical evenings in a column for The Telegraph, the former Top Gear host explained: &#8220;I tend to eat relatively early.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Sometimes it&#8217;s just me; sometimes I&#8217;m with my girlfriend; sometimes friends are still around.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I&#8217;m perfectly happy with a quiet evening watching television.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This represents the first time Richard has openly confirmed being in a relationship since his marriage ended.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pair had shared 28 years together, including 23 years as husband and wife.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Who is Richard Hammond&#8217;s new girlfriend?<\/p>\n<p>\n  Richard Hammond&#8217;s new girlfriend is the governor of a prestigious private school in Oxford, it has been reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 56-year-old former Top Gear host, who announced his divorce from his wife of 23 years, Mindy, last year, has been pictured with his new partner, Keira &#8216;Kiki&#8217; Glen.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hammond and Ms Glen were spotted earlier this month in Abergavenny in Wales, where the TV presenter has made his home since splitting from his wife.\n<\/p>\n<p>  What do we know about Keira Glen?<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Glen is a non-executive director for Bicester-based engineering firm Barrus Ltd as well as a governor of Headington Rye school in Oxford.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Daily Mail has reported that the 53-year-old was previously married to Richard Newall, 65, and the pair have two daughters, aged 26 and 24.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Before becoming a therapist, she was a teacher for some years and worked in finance as a client manager for JP Morgan.\n<\/p>\n<p>  How long have Richard Hammond and Keira Glen been together?<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is unclear how long the pair have been together, but it appears to be a new romance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The star, who runs his Smallest Cog garage in Hereford&#8217;s Rotherwas, announced the split from his wife Mindy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}