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Clare Balding devastated over grandma’s reaction after revealing sexuality
Clare Balding is one of the UK's most respected broadcasters and has been a mainstay of the BBC's Olympic coverage, but things haven't always been easy for the TV star
Ensuring we're kept up to date with all the major highlights from the Paris Games on BBC, are seasoned presenters Clare Balding, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan leading the coverage – despite being 'forced to abandon' their roles. Clare Balding and Alice Arnold have been together for over two decades (Image: GETTY)On Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, she relayed this poignant memory to host Kirsty Young: "I said 'Grandma, I need to talk to you' and she said 'Yes I should think you do'. Clare, who faced a personal cancer battle, had an enlightening moment later on when she discovered that she is the great-granddaughter of Sir Malcolm Bullock, an MP whose own sexuality was shrouded in secrecy because during his time, being homosexual was against the law in Britain.
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