Anne Diamond

Anne Diamond Journalist - Born 8 September 1954 Birmingham, England, UK

Birth Name Anne Margaret Diamond

Nickname The Queen of Daytime TV

Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Bio (1) Anne Diamond was born on September 8, 1954 in Birmingham, England as Anne Margaret Diamond. She was previously married to Mike Hollingsworth.

Spouse (1) Mike Hollingsworth (1989 - 1999) ( divorced) ( 5 children)

Became actively involved in raising awareness of child cot death, after the death of her own baby son in 1991.

Caused controversy with her fellow "Celebrity Fit Club" contestants, after admitting she has had a gastric band fitted, despite originally telling producers of the show she had not had any stomach surgery.

Was once voted tie-man of the year.

A sad legacy of the women's liberation movement is that there's a generation of women, probably my age and the generation just below my age, who enjoyed liberation and who actually have settled back and thought, 'But it wasn't everything it was cracked up to be.' You cannot have it all and that's a really difficult problem for women.

I didn't like Morse (Inspector Morse (1987)) very much but I love Lewis (Inspector Lewis (2006)).

I heard the rumours about Jimmy Savile. I wasn't in a position to do anything about it. If I'd complained to anyone all I would have been able to say is there are lots of rumours but I can't base anything on anything.

When did it ever become OK to speak ill of the dead? I find it deeply uncomfortable how vitriolic some of the comments are about Lady T [Margaret Thatcher], only 48 hours after her death. In more respectful days, one used certain phrases to subtly speak critically of the dead. If someone was a 'tireless and dedicated worker' it meant they never saw anything of their family. 'A tireless raconteur' translated into a crashing bore. 'He was good company', meant he was an alcoholic. 'Held robust views' meant he was a bigot. He was a 'Bohemian', meant he was an alcoholic who lived alone in the most disgusting flat you have ever seen! And so the euphemisms go on. A cleverer and rather more respectful way of expressing a view and summing up a life, don't you think?

[on Julie Burchill] Careful what you say to her. Oh, she's quite a journalist as they say. She could turn anything into a book.

That's what made me vegetarian in the end. I did one too many interviews about mad cow disease and the way we farm our animals and I didn't like it. I can't eat meat anymore.

Anne Margaret Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is a British journalist and broadcaster. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the similarly titled Good Morning... with Anne and Nick for BBC One, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter. She is currently a regular panelist on Loose Women, makes regular appearances on The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and BBC London, and is a regular columnist for the Daily Mail.

Personal life She married Mike Hollingsworth in 1989 and they had 5 sons, one of whom was a cot death victim in July 1991. The couple subsequently divorced in 1999.