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Veteran journalist Liz Hayes’ and her rarely-seen lover spotted at Sydney Airport as the long-time couple go on a romantic trip together

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Veteran journalist Liz Hayes, 68 (right) and her rarely seen long-time partner Ben Crane (left) appear to have spent their Christmas holidays on a romantic trip together.

Veteran journalist Liz Hayes and her long-rarely seen partner Ben Crane appear to have spent their Christmas holidays on a romantic trip together.

The happy couple, who have been together for more than 20 years, were spotted in a very rare sighting at Sydney Airport just before Christmas.

As they carried their luggage through the terminal, the couple went undercover with the 60 Minutes star hiding her eyes behind a pair of dark sunglasses.

Liz, 68, looked chic in a casual layered ensemble that included a cropped blue denim jacket layered over a white button-down shirt.

Opting for a comfortable flight, the reporter slipped into a pair of black sweatpants and matching sneakers while she tied her blonde hair up.

With a crossbody bag strapped to her torso, Liz didn’t have a single hand free as she carried a silver clutch and an MJ Bale garment bag.

Veteran journalist Liz Hayes, 68 (right) and her rarely seen long-time partner Ben Crane (left) appear to have spent their Christmas holidays on a romantic trip together.

The happy couple, who have been together for more than 20 years, were spotted in a very rare sighting at Sydney Airport just before Christmas.

The happy couple, who have been together for more than 20 years, were spotted in a very rare sighting at Sydney Airport just before Christmas.

As they carried their luggage through the terminal, the couple went undercover with the 60 Minutes star hiding her eyes behind a pair of dark sunglasses.

As they carried their luggage through the terminal, the couple went undercover with the 60 Minutes star hiding her eyes behind a pair of dark sunglasses.

Meanwhile, Ben, a sound engineer Liz met while they were working together on 60 Minutes, stepped out in a smart-casual look for their trip.

Ben tucked his reading frames into the collar of his black T-shirt and put on a pair of blue jeans and a navy sports jacket.

She finished her look with a pair of white Adidas sneakers while also carrying a handful of luggage through the airport.

Even though their relationship began in the early 2000s, when they met on 60 Minutes, Liz has kept her love life with Ben out of the public eye.

Liz has been divorced three times, and each of her relationships took place on the public stage in a spectacle that she once told Stellar magazine was “destructive to the soul.”

The television journalist met and married her first husband, builder Brian Hayes, in her hometown of Taree in the late 1970s, when she was just 21 years old.

They separated in the mid-1980s, around the same time she got a job co-presenting the Today breakfast show in 1986 and her public profile soared.

After their separation, Liz entered into a highly publicized romance with advertising millionaire John Singleton.

Liz looked very stylish in a casual layered ensemble that featured a cropped blue denim jacket layered over a white button-down shirt.

Liz looked very stylish in a casual layered ensemble that featured a cropped blue denim jacket layered over a white button-down shirt.

Opting for a comfortable flight, the reporter slipped into a pair of black sweatpants and matching sneakers while pulling her blonde hair into an updo.

Opting for a comfortable flight, the reporter slipped into a pair of black sweatpants and matching sneakers while pulling her blonde hair into an updo.

With a crossbody bag strapped to her torso, Liz didn't have a single hand free as she carried a silver clutch and an MJ Bale garment bag.

With a crossbody bag strapped to her torso, Liz didn’t have a single hand free as she carried a silver clutch and an MJ Bale garment bag.

Meanwhile, Ben, a sound engineer Liz met while they were working together on 60 Minutes, stepped out in a smart-casual look for their trip.

Meanwhile, Ben, a sound engineer Liz met while they were working together on 60 Minutes, stepped out in a smart-casual look for their trip.

Ben tucked his reading frames into the collar of his black T-shirt and put on blue jeans and a navy sports jacket.

Ben tucked his reading frames into the collar of his black T-shirt and put on blue jeans and a navy sports jacket.

She finished her look with a pair of white Adidas sneakers while also carrying a handful of luggage through the airport.

She finished her look with a pair of white Adidas sneakers while also carrying a handful of luggage through the airport.

They married in February 1991, but were only married for ten months before divorcing later that year, around Christmas.

Liz was the fourth of his six wives over the years, although they remained friends after their separation.

A few years later, in 1994, she was seen on the arm of Sydney doctor Stephen Coogan, and the couple had a three-year marriage that ended in 1997.

Liz talked about being divorced three times before the age of 40 in her memoir I Am Liz Hayes in 2023.

She told Stellar at the time that she had a hard time seeing her face in the headlines as the public eye scrutinized her love life.

‘It was a shitty time. Let’s face it, these things are not good. And it is magnified. “It gets bigger than Ben-Hur,” he told the publication.

‘You’re looking at yourself. You are reading about yourself. You realize that your view of yourself is pretty bleak, so you think I’m pretty bleak.

She added that public scrutiny of her failed marriages made her feel like a “failure” on the romantic front.

“Frankly, it’s a little heartbreaking that the world seems to tell you, ‘Yes, you’re a failure,'” he added.

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