Claudia Winkleman is actually related to the Royal Family and not everyone realises

Did you know that Claudia Winkleman is actually related to the royal family?

You might know her for her iconic fringe, presenting Strictly Come Dancing and of course, The Traitors.

But Claudia actually has royal relations, too - although not everyone realises it.

We recently told you how people were left stunned when a throwback clip of the presenter, now 52, was shared online.

The clip comes from a 1996 interview Claudia did for the BBC morning show Good Morning with Anne and Nick.

Needless to say, Claudia looks virtually unrecognisable without her iconic fringe.

X user @imshanereaction tweeted: "I can't stop watching this 1996 interview with Claudia Winkleman that is 0% fringe and 100% posh phone voice."

Another wrote: "Could've been her mother talking," which was reiterated by another commenter: "She looks so much like her mum!"

Others expressed their surprise at Claudia's distinct lack of fringe.

"What do you mean she wasn't born with a fringe?!" one person tweeted.

We can't imagine Claudia without her iconic hairdo', but it seems there's loads that people don't know about her.

For example, Claudia is actually related to the royals via her sister.

Yep, Claudia's half sister, Sophie Winkleman, is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

Lord Windsor is the first cousin once removed of the late Queen, as well as being a first cousin twice removed of the late Duke of Edinburgh.

Speaking to Tatler, Sophie has previously explained that the half-siblings shared very different lives growing up.

“We had very separate lives as kids: Claudia lived with her mum and she’s nine years older than me," said Sophie.

Claudia and Sophie have the same dad, Barry Winkleman, but different mums.

Claudia recently opened up about growing up and specifically on her time at uni, discussing the lengths she would go to for her trademark tan, back in the day.

Speaking to Radio Four's Woman's Hour with Emma Barnett, she said: “I'm going back to university here, when everything was reused, and I mean everything.”

Barnett chipped in to say a tea bag could be reused for another brew, which prompted Winkleman to say: “Or fake tan, because I've done that before.”

While Barnett sounded taken aback by the suggestion, things got even weirder when Winkleman continued.

"Of course I have - and Bisto,” she said. “Listen... needs must, needs must.”

These days, we’d imagine Winkleman doesn’t have much need to reuse her old teabags.