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I grew up wearing his high heels... and he'd send me out to buy his tights! Paul O'Grady's daughter recalls her VERY colourful childhood


Sharyn, 48, was born after Paul had a brief relationship with then work colleague Diane Jansen, now 76, in the early 1970s.

Admitting that while she wasn't allowed to see Lily on stage as a youngster, due to the drag character's raunchy humour, Sharyn would often try on her now iconic bottle blonde wig and strut about in the heels. Jo Clinton-Davis, Controller of Factual at ITV told The Mirror: 'This blue chip feature-length documentary reveals the little known biography of Paul's alter ego Lily - from her birth in the docks of Liverpool to her mysterious 'death' on mainstream TV. Admitting that while she wasn't allowed to see Lily on stage as a youngster, due to the drag character's raunchy humour, Sharyn would often try on her now iconic bottle blonde wig and strut about in the heels.

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