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Loose Women is known for its heated - as well as its much lighter - debates but this week a conversation about the class system got voices raised on the programme. It came during Tuesday's show (April 5) while Coleen Nolan, Carol McGiffin, Charlene White and Linda Robson were on the panel.

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The Chase star Anne Hegerty has revealed the inspiration behind her role as The Governess on the popular ITV quiz show.The quizzer, 63, has played the formidable role of The Governess on the show since 2010 but has now opened up on where she gets her inspiration for the part.The ITV personality told how she modelled herself on certain family members, despite not entirely getting on with them.The star made the remarks at an event celebrating International Women's Day last month.Anne revealed: "On my mother’s side, I come from a very feminist family."She went on to explain how her relatives were involved in campaigning for women's rights.She said: "My great grandmother campaigned for votes for women before the Suffragette movement."Two of their daughters went to university, my great aunt became a doctor and my grandmother studied history."Anne revealed that she took inspiration from her close relatives for her ITV character."I didn’t get on at all well with my grandmother but I sort of channel her a bit for The Governess," she added.Anne also said that she didn't get one with one of her aunts.She went on to explain how it resulted in her drawing inspiration from them to use in her role as The Governess, she told The Sun.Anne is one of six Chasers on the ITV quiz programme.She stars alongside Shaun Wallace, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Darragh Ennis.Elsewhere, Anne confirmed that she was forced to pull out of filming for Beat the Chasers after having tested positive for Covid.In an announcement on Twitter last month, Anne reassured her 161,200 followers that she felt okay and revealed who would be stepping in to take her place.Anne wrote: "Unfortunately I’ve contracted Covid-19 so won’t be filming this series of

This Morning viewers couldn't help but be distracted during the latest edition of the show as Shaun Wallace joined hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary. The Chase star, known as the 'Dark Destroyer' was live in the studio during the ITV daytime programme on Tuesday (April 5) alongside his fellow quizzer Anne Hegerty, aka The Governess.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has opened up about her upbringing and family life during an emotional episode of ITV show DNA Journey - including how her late dad abruptly left home one Christmas. Anne is best known as The Chase’s The Governess, but in the series that explores family history, viewers will see a brand new side to the 63 year old.The former I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! contestant, who filmed the programme alongside The Chase co-star Shaun Wallace, began tracing her ancestors’ footsteps to find out more about them. And during filming for the hour-long special, which airs on Tuesday 5 April, Anne relives some tough moments from her past.

The Chase's Anne Hegerty was stunned to discover that she is related to royalty after investigating her family history on ITV's DNA Journey on Monday.

Anne Hegerty, 63, has lifted the lid on her ancestral links to royalty and how her mum thought they would turn her into a “terrible snob”.The Chase star said she had explored her family tree before but wanted to solve some “mysteries”.“I did know a fair bit about my family,” the Governess explained.She continued: “There were certain mysteries I wanted sorted.There were certain things I didn’t know, certain names that were missing from the family tree so I wanted to find out about those.“And even the things I knew about, I thought I’d like to know more about.”Anne went on to explain that some of her mother’s relatives were “posh” and so she feared finding out her family history would turn her into a snob.She said: “As a child, I was always curious about this stuff and my mother was always very repressive and: ‘No, no, no.

The Chase star Anne Hegerty has been dubbed 'Queen Anne' by her quiz show co-stars after finding out she is related to royalty.The star, who is known as The Governess, 63, made the discovery after taking part on new ITV programme DNA Journey alongside her The Chase co-star, Shaun Wallace.During the show, Anne found out she is descended from royalty.Speaking about the shock discovery, an ITV source claimed the star was excited by the news.They said: "Anne was excited and fascinated to learn she has royal relations."It was a big shock to her but a very nice one and she was very interested to delve into the details to find out more about it," they added.As a result of her blue bloodline, Anne's The Chase colleagues have given her a new nickname.Addressing Anne's revelation, Shaun told how he and his The Chase co-stars now "curtsy" to her.Shaun said: "Without spoiling anything, we call her 'Queen Anne', because obviously she's the queen of quizzing, but we have to really bow and curtsy to her now!"Speaking about her discoveries on the show, Anne also told how her ancestors survived multiple German torpedo attacks during the First World War.She said: "I discovered my great-grandmother's first cousin was a deputy chief engineer on an ocean liner during World War One and survived two German torpedo attacks."He clung onto an upturned lifeboat for four hours."I came away feeling really impressed by that level of endurance," she revealed.Whilst on the show, The Governess star said she came face to face with the remains of one relative.Anne added: "I also handled the skull of an ancestor."She went on to tell The Mirror it was a "proud moment."Anne and Shaun also travelled to Jamaica together to learn more about his

A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton, 39, has been busy filming the Channel 4 series in Spain but things did not go to plan today.The mum-of-two took to social media and shared the production team's woes after filming came to an abrupt end.Taking to her Instagram stories, Laura could be seen sitting in the back of the car where she exclaimed, "I'm drenched".In a previous post, the property expert had shared a snap of the cameraman on the beach with a rain cover on his equipment to stop it from getting soaked by the rain.However, this didn't last long as Laura and the team had to run for cover after a sudden downpour.She said: "Oh dear. It's not going well so far.

The Chase star Shaun Wallace, 61, offered some kind words to Anne Hegerty's replacement Issa Schultz, 38, who took the reins on the ITV spin-off show Beat The Chasers. It comes after The Governess was forced to miss filming.The former I'm A Celebrity...

Jenny Ryan – The Vixen, Shaun Wallace – The Dark Destroyer, and Darragh Ennis – The Menace. While fans may be disappointed Anne won’t be on the show, Issa looks to be just as much of a quiz aficionado. A seven-time winner of the Australian Quizzing Championships, the 38-year-old ranked 23rd in the world at the World Quizzing Championships in 2020.

The Chase contestants got emotional on Monday night’s episode when they secured the staggering jackpot win against Shaun Wallace in the final chase.

Celebrity Special line up this weekend. The line-up included sports broadcaster Mark Chapman, who is known to many as a Test Match Special and BBC Match of the Day 2 star. Other celebs included in the show were Sky News reporter Gillian Joseph, cricketer Ryan Sidebottom and comedian Fred MacAulay.

Bradley Walsh, 61, has presented on The Chase since it began in 2009, becoming a staple on the show.The presenter has revealed in a new interview that he is watched by lawyers while presenting on the programme to make sure he is delivering the questions properly.Bradley is joined on the show by six Chasers Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ellis.Mark and Shaun have both been on the show since it began, with Anne joining in the second series.The show has been nominated six times at the National Television Awards, winning in 2016, 2017 and 2019.During one episode, Bradley was forced to stop after he tripped over a question's wording, as he detailed what happened in an interview.Speaking to Radio Times about how the show works, Bradley said: "If there is a slight misread, I am stopped immediately – bang – by the lawyers."We have the compliance lawyers in the studio all the time."What you have to do is go back to the start of the question, literally on videotape where my mouth opens – or where it's closed from the previous question – and the question is re-asked."It is stopped to the split second.

Jenny Ryan aka The Vixen on ITV'sThe Chase issued a savage come back after a viewer took to social media to complain about the quiz whizz.

The Chase star Jenny Ryan discussed her relationship with fellow chasers; Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Shaun Wallace and Darragh Ennis in an interview last year, where she said they were all close away from the cameras.She went on to describe the team as "one big dysfunctional family".The 39-year-old added to Yours.co.uk: "We’ve known each other for years through the quiz circuit.

The Chase host Bradley Walsh named Shaun Wallace, 61, the Dark Destroyer when he joined the show back in 2009. His nickname on the show has been frowned upon in previous times, most recently by lawyer Paula Rhone-Adrien on Lorraine last year. In a conversation about racism, she revealed she had banned her child from watching the show as he was "the only Chaser defined by the colour of his skin".Shaun however has said he has no problem with being referred to by the term."For me I have no issues with the term Dark Destroyer," he told Express.co.uk."I'm dark, I'm proud, I'm black and I destroy people will my intellect."The quizmaster echoed these words in response to a Twitter user last year who backed Paula's opinion.Gary Barlow bids farewell to daughter amid big family updateNav commented: "@lorraine Have been saying for ages, why does @ITVChase's @TheShaunWallace have to be the only Chaser defined by their skin colour."None of the others are - this needs to change.

The Chase, Shaun Wallace said he just about won against a male contestant who was close to winning a life-changing amount of money by a second.The 61-year-old said the quizzer "just left" the studio after learning his defeat as he was upset.Speaking to Express.co.uk, Shaun said he is nice to the contestants regardless of the result, but not everyone has taken their defeat well. When asked if he feels bad when the quizzers miss out, he spilled: "No not at all."Similarly, I'm the only chaser who will go and see the contestants after, whether they win or lose."If they win, they thoroughly deserve it and I'll always go and congratulate them."Emma Raducanu speaks out on Lewis Hamilton relationshipOn whether anyone had stormed off, he added:

The Chase star Shaun Wallace said he would've been a spring chicken on the Strictly Come Dancing floor 10 years ago, but now wouldn't be able to do such a physical challenge.The 61-year-old said his painful back and knees problem are from the sporty days in his younger years. He told Express.co.uk: "I did a rowing show Rock The Boat, but that was like a sporting, physical challenge but I think that's the limit of my sort of reality.

The Chase star Shaun Wallace has been a quizmaster on the show for 12 years, and while he has no plans to leave, he is keen to front his own programme at some point.The 61-year-old, who is also a barrister, has revealed the ideas he has in mind about his own television venture.Aside from filming more episodes of the quiz programme, he is currently preparing for a new show alongside fellow chaser Anne.Speaking to Express.co.uk, as part of his involvement with the Action Medical Research Quiz, he said: "We're chasing our DNA routes, so I'm looking forward to that, that'll be very exciting."The Chase fans got to see a different side to Shaun, Anne and Mark Labbett earlier this year in their documentary The Chasers Road Trip: Trains, Brains and

Jeremy Clarkson welcomed more famous faces, all trying to win big money for their chosen charities. Tonight there were three famous faces in the hot seat - Harry Redknapp, Craig Charles and Sam Quek.