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Tess Daly has admitted that she is feeling emotional over her daughter Phoebe starting school.

The Strictly Come Dancing host shed tears when she took the 4-year-old to her first day in reception class last week.

Writing in her column for The Mirror, Daly revealed: "I was an emotional wreck watching her go, mopping my damp eyes at the school gates with all the other mums.

"I couldn't help but remember my own school days, clock-watching for what seemed like an eternity till the bell rang at 3.30pm.

"It must seem twice as long when you're 4! Still, she raced off without a backward glance, as I took a deep breath and tried to repair my smudged mascara."

Daly and her husband Vernon Kay also have a second daughter named Amber Isabella together, who they welcomed in May.