Julia Mary Fownes Somerville, better known as Julia Somerville, was born in Wells, Somerset, England on July 14, 1947. She is a reporter as well as a news reader on television. She’s worked for both the BBC and ITN. Julia Somerville is of English descent and belongs to the white ethnic group.

What is the net worth of Julia Somerville?

The estimated net worth of Julia is around $1.4 million.

Career and education

Julia went to Cheltenham’s Airthrie Preparatory School, then Oxford’s Headington School. She graduated from the University of Sussex with a BA in English Literature in 1969. Julia began working at IPC Publisher’s Homes and Gardens magazine after college. She then worked for two years as an editor for a computer group’s magazine. Julia joined the BBC as a sub-editor in the radio newsroom in 1972. She was elevated to the position of reporter in 1978. In 1981, she was promoted to Labor Affairs correspondent, and in 1983, she joined BBC Television News. She was one of the most well-known faces on television after co-presenting the BBC Nine O’Clock News. She went on to work for ITN in 1987, where she hosted News at Ten and co-hosted the Lunchtime News. She’s also the host of 3D, a weekly ITV current affairs show.

Julia Somerville was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1992, but she recovered after neurosurgery. She was a member of the News at Ten after she recovered. She worked there for 32 years, until 1999. Julia worked at ITN until October 2001, where she co-hosted ITV Lunchtime News with John Suchet. She was the first anchor for the ITN News Channel. From 1999 to 2001, she hosted the LBC daily program. It was a two-hour program that featured interviews with a variety of performers. Julia Somerville is passionate about painting, and she served on the judging panel for the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait of the Year in 2001.

She sat on the RIBA Annual Architecture Awards Panels as a judge for several years. Julia was named Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Government Art Collection for four years in 2003. Julia Somerville was awarded an OBE for her efforts as Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection in 2013.

Personal Life

Julia Somerville has been married three times, the first time to Stephen Band. In 1970, she married him, and the pair divorced in 1975. Julia married Ray Gowdridge in 1984, but the couple divorced in 1992. Her second spouse gave her two children, Joseph and Rachael. Julia is currently married to Sir Jeremy Dixon. Her current partner works as an architect. She has a daughter as well. In 1995, Julia and her current husband, Jeremy, were detained by the Metropolitan Police. Their arrest was due to the fact that they had sent their daughter’s naked photo to be printed. The couple had submitted a few photos to Boots the Chemist in London to be printed, one of which was of their daughter naked in a bathtub.

Police were waiting for Jeremy when he went to get the images, and his residence was later searched. Julia and Jeremy were both suspects, and both were investigated further. The claims, however, were ultimately abandoned.

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