Julia Stringer (née Smith; born 28 February 1965) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is the ex-wife of former England rugby captain Will Carling.
Career
[edit]Her television credits include:
- VH1 UK (VJ)
- The Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
- Top of the Pops (BBC)
- This Morning (ITV)
- Celebrity Baby (Sky One)
- Top To Toe II (Carlton Midland, 2004)
She wrote a book called Beauty Scoop with Kate Shapland, published in 2004.
Personal life
[edit]She had a relationship with guitarist Jeff Beck from the age of 18, living with him for six years.[1][2]
She married England rugby captain Will Carling in 1994. They divorced in 1996.
Julia married Sony executive Rob Stringer in 2006.
She is a vegetarian and is interested in Egyptology, having taken a Diploma in the subject at Birkbeck, University of London.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mossman, Kate (22 July 2016). "The £7m fingers: how Jeff Beck became a guitar hero by saying no". New Statesman. NS Media Group. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ Simpson, Anne (7 September 1995). "A class act in the saga of Splitsville". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "The mummy returns". BBK Magazine 16 (Summer 2004). Archived from the original on 26 November 2005. Retrieved 18 November 2006.