<P> Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel (born 18 August 1942) was the first one - million - pound winner on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom . She is the first person to have won a million pounds or more on a British television game show . She has appeared on the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads since 2003 . </P> <P> Keppel's father Hon Walter Arnold Crispian Keppel (1914--1996) was a lieutenant commander in the Fleet Air Arm, who moved with the family to various naval postings around Britain until they settled in London when she was 17 . She took A-levels at St Mary's School, Wantage, and completed a secretarial course, and married her first husband Desmond Corcoran, an art dealer . The couple went on to have three children, Sibylla, Alexander, and Rosie, but divorced in 1980 . In 1985 she married comedy script writer Neil Shand . They separated in 1987 . </P> <P> Keppel is the granddaughter of Walter, 9th Earl of Albemarle . Her great - grandfather, the 8th Earl, was elder brother to George Keppel and brother - in - law of Alice Keppel (the mistress of King Edward VII), and the great - granduncle of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall . The Duchess of Cornwall is therefore her third cousin . Through the noble lineage of her aforementioned grandfather, her ancestry can be traced back to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England, who were the subjects of her million - pound question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> £ 1 million (15 of 15) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Which King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A: Henry I </Td> <Td> B: Henry II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C: Richard I </Td> <Td> D: Henry V </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Keppel's £ 1 million question </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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