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The wonderful life of Jane McDonald: How the presenter became one of the most beloved names in TV while cruising between sunny climates after the tragic losses of both her mother and her fiancé within three years


Jane, 62, rebuilt her career after a tumultuous marriage to manager Hendrik Brixen came to an end in 2002, and rebuilt it again after leaving Loose Women more than a decade later.

Since then Jane has nurtured fondly her passion for cruising across the world and regularly updates her social media followers about her ventures- even winning a British Academy Television Award for her docu-series in 2018. In 1998 she landed her big break on BBC's The Cruise (Back L-R Michele Morrison , Granville Bailey, Captain lakovos Korres, Jane, Amanda Reid and Jack Failla. Jane has lived in her bungalow with her best friend Sue Ravey since 2022 and in recent years it has had a huge renovation project and now has an open plan kitchen, panoramic views of the garden walk in wardrobes.

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