Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are reportedly going to be given a damehood and knighthood in the King's New Year Honours.
Jayne, 68, and Christopher, 67, were appointed MBEs in 1981 and OBEs in 2000, and many have campaigned for years as a petition for their knighthood and damehood was last rejected in 2023.
The pair won gold for skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics, then attracted fans and catapulted to fame on ITV's Dancing on Ice.
But after 50 years, the record-breaking Olympic champions decided to hang up their skates and will now receive a damehood and knighthood, according to the Sun.
They had long impressed audiences with their performances before winning a new legion of fans as judges on Dancing On Ice.
But throughout their impressive career, there has been long-standing speculation as to the nature of their relationship.
Ice skating legends Jayne Torvill, 66, and Christopher Dean, 67, are reportedly going to be given a damehood and knighthood in the King's New Year Honours (pictured in 2000)
Jayne and Christopher were appointed MBEs in 1981 and OBEs in 2000, and many have campaigned for years as a petition for their knighthood and damehood was rejected in 2023
Both the British skaters are in committed relationships; Jayne has been wed to Phil Christiansen since 1990, and Christopher was married twice before beginning a relationship with Dancing On Ice co-star Karen Barber in 2011.
Yet fans have often believed there is more to the bond - particularly after the pair shared a smooch during their trip to Sarajevo in 2024, to commemorate 40 years since winning gold at the 1984 games held in Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital.
The duo appeared to get caught up in the Valentine's Day spirit as they kissed while performing the sultry Bolero routine, which snagged them the medals four decades ago.
They've also both admitted in the past that they shared a one-time kiss as teenagers - and considered being together when they were younger - but ultimately decided to put their careers first.
Earlier this year, the pair performed for the final time together in their hometown of Nottingham after embarking on the UK leg of their farewell tour, Torvill And Dean: Our Last Dance, in April.
With choreography filled with barely-there pecks and longing looks, it's perhaps unsurprising that fans have long speculated that more than just friendship resides in their partnership.
Plus, the skaters are evidently used to being in each other's arms, often squaring up close to one another and cuddling up for photos.
Yet Christopher and Jayne have only 'crossed the line' in their relationship once, when they were younger, according to the pair themselves, and never slept together.
But after 50 years, the record-breaking Olympic champions decided to hang up their skates and will receive a damehood and knighthood (pictured in July 2025)
Christopher told the High Performance podcast in 2024: 'When we were younger, we were sort of, for a minute [crossed a line], but it didn't last very long.
' I think we just eventually got into that place where we knew that we were the best of friends. I think that mutual friendship has got us to this point now, 50 years later.'
Jayne added: 'Quite often we get asked, 'What's the secret of your friendship, relationship?'... we never got married,' before Christopher insisted: 'Don't sleep with each other.'
However, Christopher has previously explained that their 'unique' relationship is 'not like brother and sister' nor like 'husband and wife'.
'We still have a great spark and chemistry,' Jayne added in the interview with the Mirror. 'And we enjoy each other's company but we have other partners as well.'