She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to News Broadcasting.
Daughter of Marjorie Gordon (born 1921, died 2017) and Harold Stuart (born 1914, died 1966) who divorced in 1950.
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2022 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Media. She is a presenter and broadcaster in London, Greater London, England.
She was born at the old Royal Free Hospital on Gray's Inn Road in London. Some sources incorrectly give her birth place as Hampstead, London, which has been the site of the current Royal Free Hospital since 1974.