Meet the woman who gave up her old life to marry into one of the most high-profile traveller families in the UK - and says 'what he says goes' but she 'wouldn't have it any other way'. Holly Joyce, 27, met traveller, Dougie Joyce, 34, online - in September 2019 - after liking each other's pictures on Instagram and eventually chatting over direct message.
They agreed to meet in March 2020 at San Carlo's restaurant in Manchester, and after just a few hours, Dougie admitted that he would 'marry this woman'. Dougie had had previous relationships with women outside the traveller community, but Holly had never dated anyone from the travelling community before she met him.
Friends of the former air hostess were initially concerned that Dougie's background would be 'too different'. They feared that Dougie would use her for her good looks - claiming that she would just be a trophy wife.
