AMANDA Lamb is clearly one of those enviable people who bloom when they’re pregnant, but as she happily pats her tummy, she lightheartedly indulges in a bit of celebrity bump envy.

“I’m due at the same time as the Duchess of Cambridge but I keep thinking she’s swallowed a pea.

“There’s nothing of her, perhaps she leaves her bump at the palace when she goes out!” jokes the TV presenter who found fame as the Scottish Widows model and went on to host Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun.

“I cheer myself up by looking at pictures of Kim Kardashian, who’s also due in July but who’s really showing.”

Amanda is chatting at her Surrey home and reflecting that in the space of a year she has been on an emotional rollercoaster.

She’s got married, celebrated her 40th birthday, and, prior to this pregnancy, suffered the heartache of a miscarriage. She was also unveiled as a patron of local charity, the Dave Wellman Cancer Trust at a gala ball in Hedge End in January.

“It’s been the best of times and the worst of times,” she says.

“I’ve got married to an amazing man, we already have one beautiful daughter and we just found out that this baby is a girl, which is so exciting."

Last June Amanda married cameraman Sean McGuinness, 36. They have been together since 2008 and have a daughter, Willow, aged four.

Their wedding was a glamorous occasion at fashionable Babington House, Somerset.

Amanda, 40, who was married previously and divorced in 2003, admits she didn’t expect to experience a romantic happy ending .

“During my 30s there was a period when I thought I was always going to be on my own. But thanks to Sean, I now have everything I’ve ever wanted.”

The couple met while working together on A Place In The Sun, which Amanda began hosting in 2001, and she says their love grew out of friendship.

“Working together allowed us to see the good side and the bad when we were both grumpy, tired and stressed after a difficult day.

“Sean had to work away for a while after about 18 months and it was a light bulb moment for both of us when he returned. We both realised this was more than friendship.

“Even though we’d talked about marriage, his proposal came as a complete surprise.”

Shortly after their honeymoon, Amanda celebrated her 40th birthday and also found out she was pregnant, but sadly she later discovered she had miscarried.

“I had what is termed a missed miscarriage, where the baby stops growing but you still think you’re pregnant.

“It was hideous and, of course, at my age, I was devastated. I thought, ‘That was my last chance. I won’t get pregnant again’.

“My star sign is Cancer, the crab, and I sort of retreated into my ‘shell’ for some weeks and grieved.

“Then I made myself get on with life and out of the blue, two months later, this baby started her journey.”

Her second daughter’s arrival means that the couple’s three-bedroom house will be bursting at the seams and inspired by her role on TV show My Flat-Pack Home, she’s considering having a flat-pack room installed at the bottom of her garden to accommodate guests.

“There’s no other way we can get any more space and I’m a complete fan of flat-pack since presenting the programme,” she says.

“They come in every kind of shape and style, from a garden room to a barn conversion, and a Tudor mansion to a contemporary glass and steel vision.”

Amanda, who regularly appears on Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff, and has appeared in other series including Market Kitchen and You Deserve This House, has a busy life but she takes care to ensure a healthy balance in her private life and career.

"You learn from past experience and realise it's very important to nurture a relationship and not take it for granted," she says.

"You can't expect any relationship to be perfect or easy all the time but Sean and I understand each other.

"We make time to be together, and we're really good at talking things through, so if there's a problem, we sort it and don't let it fester.

"Just last weekend the two of us were teaching Willow how to bake cakes and I thought to myself, 'I'm so lucky, really lucky'.

"I have a fantastic family, a fantastic life and I'm really grateful and count my blessings every day."

AMANDA Lamb was announced as the latest patron of the Dave Wellman Trust in January but she has been involved with the Bursledon-based charity for more than a year.

It all started when the charity’s founder, Tina Wellman-Hawke, who lost her husband to cancer in 1999, featured on the TV show You Deserve This House, which Amanda was presenting.

Tina was nominated by her friends as deserving a home make-over and Amanda and her team moved in to do the magic.

And when Amanda met Tina she could see why her friends had wanted to help her.

“She is lovely,” says the TV presenter who grew up in Portsmouth.

“There are some people who you meet who you really gel with. I am full of admiration for people who turn their tragedies around and help others.

“Tina is a little hurricane!

She is full of energy and has achieved incredible results.”

Amanda and Tina stayed in touch and Amanda was delighted to attend the charity’s annual ball this year.

Sadly, since Amanda met Tina one of her friends was diagnosed with incurable cancer and cancer charities are one of the areas where she focuses her attention.

When asked about the charities she is involved with she realises the list is quite long – there is mental health charity Mind, Cancer Research, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, the Stroke Association, cancer charity Sarah’s Hope Foundation.

“I think it’s a privilege to be asked to help a charity out and if you’re in the public eye and can help raise awareness it’s also a duty – and one I am happy to do,” she says.

  •  For more information on the Dave Wellman Cancer Trust, visit dwct.net