Carol Thatcher

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The Honourable

Carol Thatcher
Thatcher in 1979, meeting US president Jimmy Carter
Born
Carol Jane Thatcher

(1953-08-15) 15 August 1953 (age 70)
Hammersmith, London, England
Alma materUniversity College London
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • media personality
PartnerMarco Grass
Parents
Relatives

Carol Jane Thatcher (born 15 August 1953) is an English

British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, and businessman Denis Thatcher
.

She has written

fifth series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Early life

Thatcher was born on 15 August 1953 at

Member of Parliament in 1959.[3][4]

In 1960, Thatcher was sent to

prime minister. Thatcher later said, "You need quite good shock absorbers and a sense of humour to be the prime minister's child."[5]

Journalism career

Thatcher (left) with U.S. President Jimmy Carter, her mother (middle right), and First Lady Rosalynn Carter (far right) in 1979

Thatcher began her career as a journalist in Australia, working on the

Sydney Morning Herald from 1977 to 1979. She became a TV reporter at Channel Seven, also in Sydney, and later a reporter on its news morning show, 11AM. On her return to Britain, she worked as a presenter for LBC, BBC Radio 4, TV-am and wrote travel articles for The Daily Telegraph. Due to her mother's high-profile political position, many newspapers refused to publish work with her byline.[6][7]

Her first book, Diary of an Election: with Margaret Thatcher on the campaign trail, was published in 1983. Her second book, a collaboration with tennis player

Chris Evert Lloyd called Lloyd on Lloyd, was released three years later. It became Thatcher's first best-seller.[7]

Later publications included a 1996 best-selling biography of her father, Below the Parapet.[7] In 2003, Thatcher produced a Channel 4 documentary about him called Married to Maggie. Thatcher captured the only public interview Denis Thatcher ever gave; he died shortly after its release.[8] Thatcher's freelance career has included contributing articles to magazines and papers as well as television work.[9]

Reality shows

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Main article:
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 5)

In November 2005 Thatcher was selected to appear with a number of fellow celebrities on the ITV television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! The format of the show meant that she would be forced to spend at least a week in the Australian rainforest with a minimal supply of food in basic living conditions.

She had to undergo one of the more infamous "Bushtucker Trials" during her stay in the jungle – which saw her eat jungle bugs and

kangaroo testicles as a challenge to earn food for her fellow celebrities. Ultimately, she emerged as the fifth series winner and second 'Queen of the Jungle'.[10][11]

Most Haunted

Thatcher appeared on Living TV's Most Haunted on 13 February 2007 as a celebrity guest alongside presenter Yvette Fielding[12] and medium David Wells as well as Joanne Gregory to search for paranormal activity at Tatton Hall in Cheshire.[citation needed]

Mummy's War

In 2007, Carol Thatcher travelled to the Falkland Islands and Argentina for the documentary Mummy's War, in order to explore the legacy of the Falklands War.[13][14]

The One Show

From 2006 to 2009, Thatcher was a freelance contributor to the BBC One magazine programme The One Show, making filmed reports and joining the presenters and guests in the studio for discussions.

On 3 February 2009, British media reported that during the

Frog".[17] Presenter Adrian Chiles, comedian Jo Brand, journalists and several guests were with Thatcher when she made the remark.[18] The BBC stated that Thatcher would not work again on The One Show unless she made a more sincere apology.[19] Thatcher refused, saying "I stand by what I said. I wasn't going to apologise. I never meant it in a racist way. It was shorthand. I described someone's appearance colloquially—someone I happen to greatly admire."[9]

Bibliography

— (1983). Diary of an Election: With Margaret Thatcher on the Campaign Trail. Sidgwick & Jackson.

ISBN 978-0283990687
.

ISBN 978-0825303746
.

— (1996). Below the Parapet: The Biography of Denis Thatcher. HarperCollins.

ISBN 978-0002556057
.

— (2008). Swim on Part in the Goldfish Bowl: A Memoir. Headline Review.

ISBN 978-0755317066
.

Personal life

Thatcher had a relationship with Jonathan Aitken, which ended in 1979.[20] As this happened just after the Conservatives won the general election, Aitken's breaking up with Thatcher is alleged to have been the reason for his being bypassed for a ministerial career; Thatcher's mother, the Prime Minister at the time, reportedly told cabinet colleagues that she was "damned" if she was going to give a job to a man "who had made Carol cry".[2][21]

Thatcher lives with ski instructor Marco Grass in

Klosters-Serneus, Switzerland.[22][23]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4481-3067-2
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  2. ^ a b Gillian Bowditch "Oh Carol, why are we so in love with you?" The Scotsman, 7 December 2005; Retrieved 8 February 2009
  3. ^ "No. 41842". The London Gazette. 13 October 1959. p. 6433.
  4. ^ "Biography". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  5. ^ a b c Langley, William (30 August 2008). "Carol Thatcher, daughter of the revolution". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  6. ^ a b c Hoggard, Liz (27 November 2005). "Queen of the jungle". The Guardian.
  7. ^ a b c Thatcher, Carol (25 September 2006). "Carol Thatcher: My Life in Media". The Independent. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  8. ISBN 1904734049
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  9. ^ a b Bryony Gordon (3 June 2009). "Carol Thatcher: Life in my mother's shadow". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  10. ^ Robin Stummer "Carol Thatcher: 'I partly blame Mark for Mummy's anguish'" Archived 1 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine; The Independent, 11 December 2005; Retrieved 7 February 2009
  11. ISBN 978-0593073483
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  12. ^ "Today's satellite, cable & digital". The Independent. p. 69. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ^ Evans, Mary; Morgan, Clive (29 March 2007). "Today's Highlights". The Daily Telegraph. p. 35.
  14. ^ "Choices". The Independent. 25 March 2007. p. 124.
  15. ^ "Thatcher axed by BBC's One Show". BBC News. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  16. ^ Singh, Anita (4 February 2009). "Carol Thatcher 'golliwog' jibe referred to black tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  17. ^ Patrick Foster Carol Thatcher's golliwog remarks ‘made eyes roll in the green room’ Times Online, 6 February 2009 Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "BBC defends action over Thatcher". BBC News. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  19. ^ Pierce, Andrew (5 February 2009). "Carol Thatcher golliwog row: behind the doors of the Green Room". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  20. ^ Francis Elliott "Lady Thatcher's friends hit back at 'betrayal of family secrets'", The Independent, 28 May 2006; Retrieved 7 February 2009
  21. ^ "UK Politics: Jonathan Aitken – a 'swashbuckling' life", BBC News, 7 December 1998; Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  22. ^ "Carol Thatcher to be accompanied by 'on-off' boyfriend at Baroness Thatcher's funeral". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  23. ^ "The great Margaret Thatcher fire sale". NZ Herald. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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