Love Island winners Jess Harding and Sammy Root share a triumphant kiss as they return to chilly England after unexpected result saw them scoop £50,000 prize money
Love was still in the air, but the air was significantly colder as Sammy Root and Jess Harding left Mallorca and flew back to the United Kingdom on Wednesday.
Two days earlier the couple stunned fans by winning the latest summer edition of Love Island ahead of clear favourites Lochan Nowacki and Whitney Adebayo, becoming £50,000 richer in the process.
But the controversy surrounding their unexpected triumph was swept aside as the couple left the Spanish villa and flew home courtesy of Jet2.
Evidently accustomed to the soaring temperatures currently sweeping mainland Europe, Jess, 22, wore a thigh-skimming minidress as she exited the plane and made her way onto the tarmac at London Stansted.
The aesthetics practitioner rounded off her look with a pair of Converse boots, while her trademark blonde hair was swept into a messy ponytail.
Here they come: Love was still in the air, but the air was significantly colder as Sammy Root and Jess Harding left Mallorca and flew back to the United Kingdom on Wednesday
