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Julia Mary Fownes Somerville famously known as Julia Somerville is a British TV newsreader and a journalist who is known to work for the BBC news channel and ITN. The columnist has procured striking credits like BBC Nine O’Clock News, ITV Lunch Time News, ITV News at Ten, and furthermore Rip Off Britain.

Julia Somerville was born on July 14, 1947, to her folks in Wells, Somerset, England in the United Kingdom. She has not uncovered the character of her folks or kin yet she is known to the granddaughter of Sir James Fownes Somerville, who was the Admiral of the Fleet till 1949.

Concerning the instruction of the columnist, Julia went to the Airthrie Preparatory School situated in Cheltenham, after which she went to Headington School in Oxford. After her secondary school graduation, Julia enlisted for the University of Sussex from where, in 1969, she procured her level of B.A. studying the field of English Literature.

Julia Somerville Biography

Real Name Julia Mary Fownes Somerville
Birth Date July 14, 1947
Age (as of 2021) 73 Years
Birth Place Wells, Somerset, England
Nationality British
Profession Television News Reader & Reporter
Religion Christianity
Sun sign Cancer

Physical Statistics

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Height in feet inches – 5’ 10” – in Centimeters – 178  cm
Weight in Kilograms – 58 kg  –  in Pounds –  127 lbs
Hair Color Blonde
Eye Color Green
Body Type Slim

Family

Father
Mother
Sister
Brother

Qualification/Education

School Airthrie Preparatory School, Headingtold School
College University of Sussex

Relationship Status

Marital Status Married
Affair No
Is she Lesbian? No
Who is her Husband? Sir Jeremy Dixon
Children Two (Joseph & Rachael)

Julia began her vocation by joining a distributer who was chipping away at Homes and Gardens magazine, a Women’s Journal, and substantially more after which for a very long time, she was proofreader of a PC gathering’s home magazine. In 1972, Julia joined the BBC news as a sub-manager in the newsroom after which she turned into a correspondent in 1978. Julia joined the BBC Television News in 1993 where she co-introduced the BBC Nine O’Clock News where she turned into a Labor Affairs Correspondent. In 1987, Julia moved to ITN where she started as a co-moderator of the Lunchtime News and furthermore nominated as a moderator of News At Ten. She additionally introduced 3D, which was a week by week ITV current issues program. She worked for ITV till October 2001.

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Julia introduced the day by day LBC Radio Show called London Life, which was a two-hour program from 1999 to 2001. In 2001, she turned into an individual from the passing judgment on board for quite a long while on the RIBA Annual Architecture Award Panels. For ITV’s 50th commemoration, Julia was welcomed on the screen for seven days in September 2005. Julia returned as a moderator for BBC News in 2010 and in January 2011, she began functioning as an accessional help moderator on the BBC Weekend News on BBC One. In September 2017, Julia showed up as a challenger on Celebrity Master gourmet expert on BBC One.

As of Julia’s dating life, she has been hitched threefold. Julia wedded Stephen Band in 1970, yet they chose to part in 1975 after which Julia wedded her subsequent spouse Ray Gowdridge in 1984. Julia and her subsequent spouse separated from one another in 1992. She at that point wedded her better half Sir Jeremy Dixon who is a modeler and the couple is joyfully living respectively. Julia and Ray brought forth their first youngster named Joseph in 1983 and their little girl Rachael in 1988.

The woman procures an expected total assets of $ 4 million USD. She is one of the most generously compensated perusers and columnists to brings in a particularly gigantic measure of cash. She is additionally considered as one of the expert workers in her work who is extremely dedicated and gifted at her particular employment.

Julia experienced a mind tumor in 1992, for which she went through neurosurgery. She turned into a benefactor of the Different Strokes Charity. Julia and her better half Jeremy were once captured by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of sending photographs to be printed at a part of Boots the Chemist in London, however the charges were dropped later.

In August 2001, David Hughes was sentenced for badgering for sending 390 outdated letters to Julia and was seen as liable of the charge under Section Two of the Harassment Act. In 1995, Julia recorded a report against sound specialist Geoffrey Brewis to quit reaching her. Julia was named as the Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Government Art Collection for a very long time.