Queen Camilla has an uncanny resemblance to this cousin who won £1 million jackpot

Since the beginning of the show Who wants to be a millionaire? only six people have managed to win the jackpot of £1m. And the first-ever contestant to win the jackpot – Judith Keppel – was none other than a distant cousin of Queen Consort Camilla.

Millionaire cousin

In the final round of the TV quiz show, Judith Keppel answered that Henry II was the husband of Eleanor of Aquitane and that’s how she became the first-ever contestant to win the £1m jackpot.

Reportedly, she had Royal connections yet claimed that she was poor. The then 58-year-old Judith was struggling after two divorces and was trying to find work, according to My London. She confessed:

I targeted one episode, and I basically stayed on the telephone until they answered, which took about a day and a half.

I calculated, if each call cost 75p, I’d get all that back if I got into the chair - forgetting about the fastest finger round.

At one point BT rang me up and said, ‘do you realise your telephone’s being used rather a lot? I was pretty skint after my divorce and I was starting to get a little worried, that’s one of the reasons I did it.

I think if I didn’t win the money I’d be in the workhouse frankly!

However, despite her Royal connections and uncanny resemblance to the Queen Consort, Judith has been more than humble in her living style.

How are they related?

Walter Keppel, the 9th Earl of Albemarle, is the grandfather of Judith Keppel. Her great-grandfather the 8th Earl was George Keppel’s brother and Alice Keppel’s brother-in-law.

Now Alice Keppel was a mistress of King Edward VII – who was a great-granduncle of Camilla. As such, Queen Consort becomes her third cousin and the two look quite similar considering their features and personality.

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My London: Royal Family: Queen Camilla's famous cousin who is her ‘spitting image’ and won the £1m jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

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