The Chase’s Anne Hegerty was stunned to discover that she is related to royalty after investigating her family history on ITV’s DNA Journey on Monday.
The 63-year-old professional quizzer found out she is 19th cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, 95, and King Robert the Bruce was her 20-times great grandfather.
Anne was truly shocked at the news but said that she recalls her grandmother previously telling her but she thought she was telling fibs, writes The Mirror.
Speaking to the show’s historian, Anne said: “Wow, that is cool. But my grandmother was the most tremendous liar.
“My aunt said she was a romancer and she’d embroider life a bit, so I always felt that anything from my grandmother had to be taken with a pinch of salt.”
The search unveiled that Anne was related to the family bearing the surname Hayes on her mum’s side. One of the family members married the King’s daughter Princess Elizabeth in 1370.
Anne continued: “My mother was always deeply disapproving of the idea of anyone knowing about their ancestors. She’d…
