ANTIQUES Roadshow expert Bunny Campione has sadly announced the death of her husband Major Iain Grahame.
Roadshow favorite Bunny and Iain were married for 21 years before he passed away this weekend. He was 91 years old.
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BBC star Bunny Campione has sadly announced the death of her husband of 21 years. Credit: BBC
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Bunny has starred on the Antiques Roadshow since 1987. Credit: Getty
The 77-year-old BBC star married Iain in 2002. They had met by chance years earlier, after meeting by car around the corner of a village street.
Bunny spent 21 years married to Iain, who attained the rank of Major in the Royal Royal Rifle Corps after being educated at Eton College.
She was Iain’s third wife, having previously married Susan d’Esterre Curteis, daughter of Captain Sir Gerald Curteis, on 12 November 1960, and Diana Mansfield, daughter of Captain Edward Gerard Napier Mansfield and Joan Worship Byron, on 29 August 1972. .
Bunny has been a regular on Antiques Roadshow since 1987. However, it is currently unclear whether he will remain on the show or take a break following the news of Iain’s death.
Last year on the show, Bunny experienced a major turning point in her career. She received a unique doll that was one of the most impressive antiques she had ever seen
“I have to admit that this is the most interesting and unusual doll I have seen in my 36 years of roadshow work,” Bunny said as he admired the doll figure.
The doll, which was owned by two sisters, turned out to be a very special artifact.
“I believe it is a funerary effigy of the Duke of Buckingham’s three-year-old son who died,” the antiquities expert explained to them.
She added: “He was the first Marquess of Normanby and died in 1715.
“So, at that time, the monarchy and the aristocracy made wooden and wax figures that they put on the funeral casket when they went to the funeral.”
Bunny revealed that once authenticated, the figure would be worth £10,000 or £20,000.
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