Anne Robinson has reportedly been in a relationship with Queen Camilla’s ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles for a year.
The iconic TV host’s relationship with the retired Army brigardier, 83, was allegedly an ‘open secret’ among the upper echelon.
‘The Queen Of Mean’ Anne, 71, has remained tight-lipped about her romance. When asked about her relationship she jabbed: ‘It’s none of your business’.
This isn’t Anne or Andrew’s first rodeo as both have been married twice before and have children from their respective relationships.
But who is Anne Robinson’s previous husband’s and her daughter Emma Wilson? MailOnline takes a look into the famous presenter’s family life.
Former Weakest Link presenter, Anne Robinson has reportedly been dating Queen Camilla’s ex husband Andrew Parker-Bowles for a year (pictured: Anne in 2000)
The relationship between the former Countdown host, 79, and the Army brigadier, 83, was reportedly an ‘open secret’ among upper circles of society, (pictured at Ascot in June)
Andrew divorced Camilla in 1995 after 22 years of marriage, but remain close friends – despite a complicated history which included infidelity on both parts (pictured in 2020)
But what does Anne Robinson’s family life look like? MailOnline takes a look into the ‘Queen of Mean’s’ family life (pictured: Camilla chatting to Anne at the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2013)
Who are Anne Robinson’s ex husbands?
The ex-Countdown presenter has been married twice prior to her reported romance with Andrew Parker-Bowles.
Anne met her first husband, Charlie Wilson while she was working as a journalist for The Daily Mail. She was the first female trainee at the publication in 1967.
A year later, in 1968, she married Charlie Wilson, but had to leave her job as married couples were not permitted to work together at the time.
In 1970, Anne gave birth their only child, Emma, and later began working for The Sunday Times.
In 1973, their union fell apart and the pair became embroiled in bitter divorce proceedings, battling out for custody of Emma when she was only two years of age.
Anne’s ex-husband was given sole custody of their child – Anne was heavily drinking at the time.
In 1980, Anne married another journalist – John Penrose – however the pair parted ways 27 years later.
They iconic TV host was at her career prime when the two decided to divorce on September 30, 2007 because of ‘irreconcilable differences’.
As such, her split from John allegedly cost Anne an eye-watering £20 million, according to OK!.
However the Weakest Link star was reportedly able to have their Long Island mansion, Gloucestershire cottage, London townhouse and New York penthouse.
Ann told MailOnline it was like a ‘car crash every day’ once the pair decided to go their separate ways.
‘I was taken aback, since I’d decided it was what I wanted. I didn’t expect it to be quite so emotional, so that really took me by surprise.
‘You delude yourself. You think you’re not going to pick up a tab from it, but you feel you’re walking round in someone else’s reading glasses.
‘I think we were both very sad. We’d have to have hearts of stone not to. You just feel quite low. You feel quite joyless for a bit for no good reason.’
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Ann revealed her success put pressure on her marriage to John.
‘No mother puts her son on her knee and teaches him what to do when he grows up and marries someone who earns more money and might even be smarter than him.
‘There are few happy husbands under those circumstances, and I am astonished that Penrose and I got as far as we did.’
Anne married journalist Charles Wilson in 1968, (pictured). In 1970 the couple had a daughter, Emma Wilson
Anne and Charles became embroiled in a bitter battle for custody of their daughter during their divorce, with Charles being granted sole custody (pictured: Anne in 2023)
In 1980, Anne married another journalist – John Penrose – but the pair split 27 years later, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ (pictured: John and Ann in 1999)
Anne was at the height of her career at the time, and the divorce reportedly cost her an eye-watering £20 million (pictured: John and Anne in 2001)
Who is Anne Robinson’s daughter Emma Wilson?
Emma Wilson was born in 1970, to Anne and Charles.
After her father won sole custody of her at the age of two, she resided with him until she left for boarding school at 16.
In Anne’s autobiography, Memoirs Of An Unfit Mother, Anne detailed her drinking, ambitious nature and how she lost custody of her daughter for eight years.
Chatting with the Mail On Sunday in 2016, Anne described her parenting skills as a seven out of ten, branding Emma a ‘miles better’ parent.
But she elaborated that she was not one to cling onto about the past: ‘I am very glad to be alive, I nearly killed myself with alcohol and have had 40 years of unadulterated pleasure since then.’
While, in a column with The Daily Mail in 2009, Emma refuted the claim Anne was ‘unfit’ to raise her, saying she ‘never’ saw her that way.
In 2009, Emma hit out against her mother’s claims that she was ‘unfit’ in a Daily Mail column, quipping that she ‘never’ saw her in that light.
Conjuring up other words to describe the Weakest Link host: ‘What about tenacious? Irreplaceable? Magical? Or maybe Impossible? But then, of course, I am the tricky daughter.
‘I went to university in New York City and never returned, which has meant there has been 3,654 miles between my zip code and her postcode for nearly 20 years.
‘So often I’d hear her voice on the phone saying: ‘You’ve caught me at a bad time.’ And my response? ‘But you called me.’
‘It’s not that we’re distant. Au contraire. Despite an unconventional upbringing, we are very close.
Emma Wilson was born to mother Anne and father Charlie in 1970. She lived with her father after he won sole custody of her at the age of two, up until she went to boarding school at 16 (picured in 2016)
Although Anne has been notoriously hard on herself as a parent, often branding herself as ‘unfit’, Emma has come to her defence, saying she was ‘tenacious, magical and irreplaceable’ (pictured in 2009)
‘And my wily mother has come up with many a ploy to spend time with her daughter in the United States: a spa here, a holiday there.’
Emma eventually became a British radio DJ and has also hosted Nickelodeon game show, Scaredy Camp.
Anne has gushed about spending lockdown with her daughter Emma and her family in her Cotswolds home for six months in 2020.
The stern TV host, shared how her broadcast journalist daughter, 53, came from London with her husband Liam Kan and children Hudson, and Parker – who were then 11 and 10 – to stay with her for a brief period during the pandemic.
Speaking to The Mirror on Sunday, Anne confessed that it was a ‘powerful experience’ to her family all in one home again.
She continued that the experience meant she and her daughter could reconnect and be apart of each others daily lives.
Anne explained: ‘I don’t think until we sat back and thought about this summer, did we quite grasp what had happened to us.
‘The first few weeks after they arrived at my house, it felt like an invasion. Fortunately, my barn has a separate stable block which is self-contained and has its own kitchen.
Describing how Emma loves ‘to-do lists’, the former newspaper journalist revealed how impressed she was with her daughter, who created classrooms for her children and made time to practice the cello with them.
Quipping that she eventually had a wonderful time with her family, the 76-year-old did add it was difficult having someone stopping her from ‘having another siesta’.
‘She bossed me around in the same way as she does her children and their puppy. But after a while, we adapted enough to tolerate our differences and laugh at them. Soon we got to a stage when it was actually fabulous.’
Anne Robinson detailed lockdown life with daughter Emma on Sunday and gushed it was ‘fabulous’ even though her daughter bossed her around in a familiar fashion to her children
