Claudia Winkleman returns to Strictly Come Dancing after daughter recovers from Halloween fire accident

The presenter had taken three weeks off to care for her injured child

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Claudia Winkleman was welcomed back to Strictly Come Dancing last night after taking three weeks off to care for her daughter who was burnt during a Halloween accident.

Matilda, eight, was hospitalised after her costume caught on fire. Winkleman received standing ovation from the audience yesterday, as she arrived on stage.

She had previously been replaced by Zoe Ball.

Winkleman has three children, Matilda, Jake, 11, and Arthur, 3, with film producer Kris Thykier.

The presenter hinted prior to the show that she was feeling nervous about her return, but thanked the NHS doctors and nurses who have been overseeing her daughter’s care.

She also said that her daughter was on the “long road to recovery”.

Winkleman joined Tess Daly as Strictly co-host this autumn when Bruce Forsyth decided to step down from the show after a decade.

Last weekend's Strictly saw Wimbledon champion Andy Murray's mother, Judy, and her partner, Anton Du Beke, voted off.