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A couple who lived in a £600,000 Cotswolds home with ponies and chickens have become Britain's biggest-ever EuroMillions winners after landing a £184million jackpot - as they say they went public because they 'couldn't make others keep the secret'

 

A couple who lived in a £600,000 Cotswolds home with ponies and chickens have become Britain's biggest-ever EuroMillions winners after landing a £184million jackpot - as they say they went public because they 'couldn't make others keep the secret'.

 

Joe and Jess Thwaite, a couple from just outside Gloucester in their 40s, won the record-breaking £184,262,899 jackpot with a Lucky Dip ticket on May 10.

 

The lucky pair, who have been married for 11 years, said they wanted to go public at hotel in Cheltenham this morning as they did not want to put the 'burden' of keeping the secret on others. 

 

Joe is a communications sales engineer, while Jess manages the business side of a hairdressing salon she runs with her mother Caroline and sister Rebecca in the affluent riverside town of Tewkesbury. 

 

They have eight-year-old twin daughters together, while Mr Thwaite has two grown up children currently at university from a previous marriage.

 

The couple say they will share the win with extended family, with Mr Thwaite's ex-wife saying she was 'over the moon' for them. 

 

Until recently the couple lived in smart four bedroom home where their priority was 'DIY' jobs around the property, but admitted their two children have 'always talked about going to Hawaii'.

 

The former home, which they sold in November and are now living in a rented property, features a kitchen and breakfast room and lounge area fitted with a fireplace with oak beam mantle and a log burning stove that leads to the garden.

 

(image: ) The couple revealed they were the winners at the Ellenborough Park Hotel, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, this morning

 

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(image: ) Joe Thwaite, 49, and Jess Thwaite, 46, from Gloucestershire celebrate after winning the record-breaking EuroMillions jackpot of £184m

 

(image: ) Until recently the couple lived in this £600,000 house in Gloucester which they sold to live in a rented property just months before their big win

 

(image: ) Mr and https://notes.io/qrir7 Mrs Thwaite celebrate by popping a bottle of champagne after revealing themselves as the winners of the grand prize this morning

 

(image: ) The couple share a kiss as they pose with a cheque confirming their jackpot win of £184,262,899 at Ellenborough Park Hotel

 

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