- Judith Keppel
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website =Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel (born
18 August ,1942 ) [Charles Mosley (ed.), "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage" (London: Burke's Peerage, 1999)] was the first one million-pound winner on thetelevision game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in theUnited Kingdom .Career
Keppel appeared on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", broadcast on
20 November ,2000 . She became the 12th winner in the world and the first winner in the United Kingdom to win one million pounds. The one-million-pound question was: "Which English king was married toEleanor of Aquitaine ?", the correct answer being Henry II.Keppel appears now on the
BBC Two quiz show "Eggheads", where she and four other quiz champions are pitted against members of the public in general knowledge questions. She is considered particularly strong on History, Arts and Books, as well as having a good depth of knowledge in most other subjects. Sports and Entertainment are considered her weakest subjects.Controversy
Her "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" win was at the time very controversial. It was speculated that the win was fixed so that
ITV would draw ratings away fromBBC One which was showing the last episode of "One Foot in the Grave " in the same timeslot. However, the ITC cleared Celador and ITV of the allegations.cite news |title=Millionaire? cleared of ratings 'fix' |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1118212.stm | date=15 January 2001 |accessdate=2007-01-28]Personal life
Judith is the granddaughter of
Walter, 9th Earl of Albemarle . Her great-grandfather, the 8th Earl was brother-in-law ofAlice Keppel , the mistress of Edward VII and was the great-uncle ofCamilla, The Duchess of Cornwall . [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p1652.htm#i16514 Sir William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle] thePeerage.com] The Duchess of Cornwall is therefore her third cousin.References
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