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Celebrity quiz champion and The Chase star Anne Hegerty is said to be shocked after discovering she is a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth II. However, the Queen was even more startled than Hegerty to discover that someone connected to the Royal family could have a brain.
Hegerty came across the unlikely Royal connection during preliminary investigations by researchers for ITV's "DNA Journey.' The quiz genius found out she is the 19th cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. It had previously been acknowledged by cognitive psychologists that constant inbreeding and ill-judged spouse selection had led to an intelligence shortfall amongst Royal offspring.
Fortunately, Hegerty is such a distant relative of the Queen that experts think she may have been protected from inheriting the notorious Royal dimwittery. Luckily, she only suffers from Autism and Asperger's syndrome.
Hegerty was said to be underwhelmed by the Royal connection but, on the bright side, said at least it meant she was also related to Eastenders actor Danny Dyer which was a 'bit of a plus'.
Known as The Governess for her school mistress looks, aloof attitude, acid tongue, and ruthless dismissal of underlings, the Queen celebrates her 95th birthday later this month.
Eastenders stalwart, Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale in the long-running soap, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with early-stage dementia due to having been regularly seized by the lapels and shaken violently by various co-stars throughout his 70 years playing the divisive character.
It is estimated that Woodyatt, 87, has been shaken by the lapels more than 3000 times by over 50 characters, including, Dirty Den, both Mitchell brothers, Nasty Nick, and even, on one memorable occasion, by Dot Cotton after he attempted to avoid paying for a service wash in the launderette.
Woodyatt told the Radio Times: 'I noticed that I'd been forgetting my lines recently and was having trouble remembering where I'd parked the car. On the advice of friends, I visited my GP who broke the news that I have early-stage dementia due to being shaken all the time. I suppose it's a bit like Shaken Baby Syndrome for older people. I haven't started wandering off during the night in my dressing gown and slippers just yet, but it won't be long before I do I don't suppose'.
An Eastenders insider said last night: 'I'm sorry to hear that Adam's in shit state, but that's the price you can expect to pay for playing an irritating fucknut like Beale.
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