When Gyles Brandreth hit headlines last week by 'confessing' he might have 'killed' legendary comedian Rod Hull, former Countess of Bradford Joanne was shocked for two reasons.
Firstly, that the story had made it into the media, and secondly, because the tale had allegedly been 'pinched' from her by the writer and former MP.
Hull died from brain fractures and chest injuries after falling while attempting to fix a TV aerial on the roof of his bungalow so he could watch Manchester United play Inter Milan in the 1999 quarter finals with his teenage son.