Fiona Armstrong is the author of several books and has written for newspapers and made television programmes on Scottish topics including fishing and Scottish clans.
17 Facts About Fiona Armstrong
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Fiona Armstrong became Lady MacGregor of MacGregor when she married clan chief Sir Malcolm Gregor Charles MacGregor, 7th Baronet was born on 1959 and in 2005.
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Fiona Armstrong studied German Literature at University College, London; at university, she edited the London Student newspaper.
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Fiona Armstrong started her career in local radio, before joining the BBC news team in Manchester in 1983.
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Fiona Armstrong then moved to Border Television as a news reporter, before becoming a regular newsreader and presenter for the nightly regional news programme Lookaround.
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Fiona Armstrong presented the breakfast news programme on BBC World, before rejoining ITV Border as a presenter of Lookaround, as well as a presenter and producer on a number of regional programmes for the station, including "Eagle's Eye" and Fiona on Fishing.
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Fiona Armstrong has fronted antiques, political, cooking and lifestyle programmes for the ITV regions.
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Fiona Armstrong's work took her to Cambodia to report on the work of land mine charities and to West Africa to cover the work of the Mercy Ships.
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Fiona Armstrong returned to network television news on 15 February 2010 as a presenter for the BBC News Channel.
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Fiona Armstrong went on to present Border Life, a current affairs programme for ITV Border.
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Whilst working as a journalist for the BBC News Channel, Fiona Armstrong interviewed the civil rights activist and writer, Darcus Howe, on the subject of the street disturbances in England in the summer of 2011.
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Fiona Armstrong has made more than 20 films on Scottish families, and in 2006, set up the first Border Reiver Trail in the south of Scotland.
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Fiona Armstrong is a columnist for magazines and newspapers, including Scottish Field magazine, the "Courier" newspaper, and the American-based Scotbanner newspaper.
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Fiona Armstrong is on the board of the University of Central Lancashire as well as being a fellow there.
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Fiona Armstrong is Chairman of the Clan Armstrong Trust and a judge of Cumbria Book of the Year.
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Fiona Armstrong is patron of the 'Bookmark' book festival and a deputy lieutenant of Dumfriesshire.
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Fiona Armstrong is currently writing a book on Queen Victoria and a family connection to Scotland.