Profile: Charlie Brooks - Telegraph In his column for the Daily Telegraph, Mr Brooks had been anticipating his first pint of Guinness at the racing event. He wrote: "At that moment, I think to myself every year; I'm here, I'm alive and I've got a full pint in my hand." He described it as "the happiest moment of my year" and said he planned to visit five pubs. Charlie Brooks holds a pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire Mr Brooks's taste for the high life was reported in 2009 by the magazine Tatler, which featured a profile of Mr and Mrs Brooks. It stated: "When Charlie Brooks wakes up in the mornings at his barn in Oxfordshire, he likes nothing better than to fly to Venice from Oxford airport with his soon-to-be-wife Rebekah Wade, the dazzling redhead editor of The Sun, for lunch at Harry's Bar. Later in the day, after shopping and sightseeing, the couple fly back to London for dinner at Wiltons in Jermyn Street. He had started his career in racing as a stable lad for racing legend Fred Winter and was the youngest racehorse trainer in the country in 1989. Before meeting his wife, Mr Brooks had a 12-year relationship with the model Miriam Francome, who was also a racing pundit. He was then introduced to Mrs Brooks by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson at a party and was at the centre of the Chipping Norton set - a group of high-powered figures in the media, politics and entertainment. Charlie and Rebekah Brooks Included in the set and among Mr and Mrs Brooks's neighbours are Mr Clarkson, Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth and her husband PR boss Matthew Freud, Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone, Blur bassist Alex James and the Camerons, by virtue of the Prime Minister's nearby constituency in Witney, Oxfordshire and home in Dean. Since marrying, Mr Brooks, a horse trainer, has been a columnist for the Daily Telegraph as well as writing a novel entitled Citizen. Earlier this year, Mr and Mrs Brooks became parents after their first child - a daughter named Scarlett Anne Mary Brooks - was born via a surrogate. The surrogate, who declined to be identified, had been carrying twins but one of the babies died during the early stages of the pregnancy. The pair were said to be "overjoyed" after trying to start a family for more than five years. David Wilson, spokesman for Mrs Brooks, said at the time: "Both Rebekah and Charlie are obviously overjoyed and will forever be grateful to the surrogate for bringing her into the world. It has not been a pregnancy without difficulties. They lost a baby very early on. He added: "It has been a difficult pregnancy and obviously all parties are now absolutely overjoyed that she has now arrived." The couple "love the name," he added, which has "strong connections to the racing industry."