Piers Morgan declares wife Celia Walden ‘The World’s Luckiest Woman’ on her birthday

“To ensure my creaking carcass gets out of bed on time, I set alarms on two phones, one to go off ten minutes after the other.

“They’re both on escalating volume, so when they detonate I race to switch them off fast enough not to wake Celia.

“This system usually works well, but today I woke at 3am and couldn’t get back to sleep,” added Piers to his Daily Mail column.

However, he realised upon having his make-up applied at 6.15 am ready to go on the air, that he had left both phones at home without switching the alarms off.

Upon arriving home after filming, Celia was waiting for him, looking “murderous”.