Lucrezia Millarini

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Lucrezia Millarini
Born
Lucrezia Millarini

London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materBristol University
OccupationJournalist, Television presenter
Years active2010–present
EmployerITN
TelevisionITV London & ITV News
Spouse(s)Simon Kurs

Lucrezia Millarini is a British journalist working for ITV News.

Early life[]

Millarini was born in a family of Italian descent in 1977.[1] Before starting her career in journalism, Millarini studied law at Bristol University and went on to train as a barrister. Initially working for a local radio station in Oxford, Millarini joined ITN's digital operation in London, reporting for the digital 24-hour rolling news channel.[2][3]

Career[]

In December 2010, she joined ITV News London as the Entertainment Correspondent. In January 2013, she was appointed a newsreader. At present, Millarini now regularly presents the main 6pm programme as well as the ITV Lunchtime News (since 2017), ITV Weekend News (since 2015), the ITV Evening News (since 2019) and the ITV News at Ten (since 2021). As well as fronting the news, Millarini has also reported for ITV's flagship current affairs programme, On Assignment.[4][5]

Millarini reported on the births of two of the royal babies and was reporting on the coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.[6]

She participated on Dancing on Ice on ITV in January 2020.[7]

She won an episode of Celebrity Mastermind broadcast in December 2020.

On 9 April 2021, she broke the news of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in a special announcement on ITV.

Personal life[]

Millarini lives in south east London with her husband, journalist Simon Kurs, whom she married in 2011, and dog, Milo. Millarini is vegetarian.[8][9]

Charity[]

Millarini is a patron of animal welfare charities Dogs on the Streets[10] and Support Dogs.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dancing On Ice's Lucrezia Millarini recalls 'life-changing' balcony fall horror". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "My father is Italian and that explains the name". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. ^ "Lucrezia Millarini". Knight Ayton Management. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. ^ Walker, James (24 May 2019). "Nina Hossain moves up to lead ITV Lunchtime News". Press Gazette.
  5. ^ Henden, Amalie (2019-12-22). "Lucrezia Millarini husband: Is she married? Who is Lucrezia's husband?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  6. ^ Rainbow, Sophie (2020-01-12). "Who is Lucrezia Millarini? Meet the Dancing on Ice contestant". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  7. ^ "Caprice completes Dancing on Ice line-up". BBC. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  8. ^ "@lucreziaitv shared a video on Instagram: "After clapping tonight, we all stopped to listen. Wonderful appreciation for our #NHS in SE London tonight #thankyou #staysafe #stayhome…" • Apr 23, 2020 at 9:20pm UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  9. ^ "Dancing on Ice: Who is Lucrezia Millarini? Newsreader's age, height, husband and more facts". Smooth. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  10. ^ "patrons-and-ambassadors | Dogs on the Streets". Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  11. ^ "Lhasa-loving Lucrezia picks up the lead as new patron for charity Support Dogs". Support Dogs. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

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