1. Carol Jane Thatcher was born on 15 August 1953 and is an English journalist, author and media personality.
16 Facts About Carol Thatcher
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Carol Thatcher is the daughter of Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, and businessman Denis Thatcher.
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Carol Thatcher has written biographies of both her parents and produced a documentary about her father which contained his only public interview.
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Carol Thatcher won the fifth series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity.
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Carol Thatcher and her twin brother, Mark, were born six weeks prematurely by caesarean section.
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In 1960, Carol Thatcher was sent to Queenswood School, a girls' boarding school near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, before attending St Paul's Girls' School.
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Carol Thatcher graduated with a law degree from University College London, before moving to Australia in 1977 to begin a journalism career.
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Carol Thatcher began her career as a journalist in Australia, working on The Sydney Morning Herald from 1977 to 1979.
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Carol Thatcher became a TV reporter at Channel Seven, in Sydney, and later a reporter on its news morning show, 11AM.
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In 2003, Carol Thatcher produced a Channel 4 documentary about him called Married to Maggie.
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Carol Thatcher captured the only public interview Denis Carol Thatcher ever gave; he died shortly after its release.
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In November 2005 Carol Thatcher was selected to appear with a number of fellow celebrities on the ITV television show I'm a Celebrity.
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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.
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From 2006 to 2009, Carol 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.
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On 3 February 2009, British media reported that during the 2009 Australian Open Carol Thatcher had, in a conversation in the show's green room, referred to a black tennis player, reportedly Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, as a golliwog.
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Carol Thatcher had a relationship with Jonathan Aitken, which ended in 1979.