Was Celebs Go Dating star Lady Colin Campbell brought up as a boy, why did she split from her husband and does she have kids?
LADY C is currently the oldest contestant to appear in the latest season of E4's Celebs Go Dating.
The aristocrat has starred in plenty of shows over the years such as I'm a Celebrity, but now she's in pursuit of love - but will she find it on reality TV? Here's everything you need to know about the controversial star...
Who is Lady Colin Campbell?
Born in Jamaica on August 17, 1949, an anomaly meant that Lady C's parents assumed she was male and she was raised as a boy.
After struggling to get her parents to accept that she was, in fact, a girl, she moved to New York to study fashion, having corrective surgery at the age of 21.
By her own admission Lady C was desperate to get married and when she met British aristocrat Lord Colin Campbell in 1974, she married him after just five days.
The marriage was short-lived and they divorced in 1975 after just nine months together.
In 1993 Lady C adopted two Russian boys, Misha and Dima.
She enjoyed a new found fame when she took part in I'm a Celebrity 2015.
Was Lady Colin Campbell raised as a boy?
Unusually, Lady Colin Campbell was raised as a boy by her family and given the name George William Ziadie.
Despite relatives questioning her gender when she was just three years old, her parents continued to bring her up as George.
They also forced her to undergo traumatic hormone therapy treatment after refusing to accept that she might be a girl.
When she was 21, her grandmother gave her the money to undergo corrective surgery.
It was previously revealed that this was due to a genital malformation that misled doctors and families about her gender.
During an interview with Loose Women, she explained that any girls born with a deformity at the time of her birth - 1949 - were "given the superior sex."
The socialite said: "Because you were a deformity, you were never to have a life, and in those days it was better to be a man than a woman.
"[It was like] 'Give the child a break.' It was the medical policy at the time."
Back in 2016, Lady Colin Campbell discussed her trauma in a one-woman show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
"I had an odd upbringing - I was born with a deformity and brought up in the wrong gender. Scandal was the worst thing. And my father refused to do anything about it."
Yet the 69-year-old claims that she always knew she was a woman.
"Had I been born 20 years earlier, there wouldn't have been the surgical techniques to rectify the problem, and lot of my life would have been down the tubes.
"In a way, it was a plus - it was exotic. There was nothing unsavoury about it, everyone was compassionate about it."
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Who was Lady Colin Campbell's husband?
Lady Colin Campbell married Lord Colin Ivar Campbell, the younger son of the eleventh Duke of Argyll, in March 1974.
She said: ";He had the strongest personality of anyone I had ever met - he simply exuded strength, decisiveness and charm."
The couple honeymooned in Jamaica and met Lord Colin's family at his ancestral home of Inveraray Castle in Argyll.
However, one month later a journalist unearthed her birth certificate, leading to false accusations she was transsexual.
Following the revelations, Lady Colin left her husband after nine months, citing his abusiveness and drug addiction. They divorced four months later.
In The Sun on Sunday, Lord Colin Campbell revealed he could not bring himself to touch his wife after she told him about her shocking past.
Speaking in his first interview for 40 years, he said: "I was stunned. I simply could not believe what I was hearing.
After she told me I could not even bring myself to look at my wife, let alone touch her.
My brother, the Duke of Argyll, called me and asked: ‘Do you realise you have married a man?’
She was a beautiful, flirtatious young woman when I met her. But I soon discovered that she is trouble with a capital T.
If I could offer any advice to the other contestants in the jungle it would be to avoid her at all costs.”
Does Lady Colin Campbell have children?
Lady Colin adopted twin boys in 1993 - Dima and Misha Ziadie who are both 26.
In 2018, she told Hello: "I love them and they mean everything to me.
"I couldn't have a child myself so I decided to adopt and they have bought greater meaning to my life."
However, her domestic life has also attracted some controversy.
One year after the adoption, she risked losing her sons after an investigation by social services was sparked by claims her children lived in squalor and were covered in dog bites.
The allegations were made by a friend who wanted to "seize" the twins and raise them herself.
Dima has previously spoken out in praise of his mother, telling the Mirror that he was deeply proud of her.
He gushed: "She’s an inspiration to me...with age and time I’ve realised that many errors could have been prevented by listening to her advice.";
What is her net worth?
Lady Colin Campbell is believed to be worth $9 million (£7.4 million), according to .
This isn't all that surprising when considering the number of television appearances she's done over the years.
While we're not exactly sure how much Lady Colin would charge as her fee, given that she's so entertaining, it'll probably be a fairly high number.
When is Lady C taking part in Celebs Go Dating?
Lady C is starring in series 7 of Celebs Go Dating now.
In May 2019, The Sun exclusively revealed that Lady C has signed up to take part in Celebs Go Dating.
The show premiered on August 5 and airs weeknights until August 30.
Lady C is starring alongside the likes of Blue's Lee Ryan and TOWIE's Chloe Sims.
When did Lady Colin Campbell date Larry Lamb?
Lady C dated 2016 campmate and ex EastEnders star Larry Lamb in the 70s after her divorce.
She says they split after about six months when things started to get serious between them - and revealed on Loose Women that he was "a superb all rounder" in the bedroom and that he was a "very naughty boy".
Explaining their meeting she said; "We met at the opening of the Ritz casino and he saw me across the room...as soon as I caught his eye, he caught mine more accurately, he came over and didn't let go."
What has Lady C said about Meghan Markle?
In April 2019, Lady C claimed Meghan Markle is “disturbingly self-confident” and has 'discomforting parallels' with her late friend Princess Diana.
Speaking to the , she said they were “both bright, ambitious, canny women who have known how to play the game”.
However, she added of the differences: “Meghan is much better educated and more academic. Meghan is almost disturbingly self-confident. We must hope she realises that her vision is not the only vision.”
Lady Colin also said that Diana suffered from “insecurities” and warned Meghan about falling into any of the same traps.
She explained: “We must hope that Meghan has no psychological instability - as Diana had - and won't hit the buffers at any point, as Diana did."
The royal author also advised that Meghan should avoid becoming a “political activist” as the “royals must represent all of the people” and she should know when “keep her mouth shut”.
Lady Colin added: “There are many conservative people, all over the world, many religious people, who do not have these 'woke' and 'right-on' views.”
What has Lady C appeared in since I'm A Celeb 2015?
The year after her I'm A Celebrity appearance proved a productive one for Lady C as she showed up on a number of shows - bagging a guest presenting slot on Loose Women and joining the Good Morning Britain team for a chat on their sofas.
She even allowed documentary crews into her crumbling mansion to document her renovation plans with her one off documentary Lady C and the Castle that aired in September.
Viewers watched her transform the ruined 18th-century Castle Goring in Sussex to become home fit for a lady - with the star also expressing ambitions for the building to be a wedding venue.
Why was Lady C taken to court for a car accident?
Lady C stood trial on February 23, 2017, after causing a pile-up.
The TV star collided with an Audi and a Ford Focus in May 2016 while the royal biographer had been in her Audi A6 with son Dima and her dog.
No one was injured, but cops had to close the A27, near Worthing, West Sussex, and The Sun revealed shocking photos of the aftermath.
Lady C, from Clapham, West Sussex, was convicted of driving without due care and attention by Brighton magistrates.
Why is she called Lady C?
Despite the divorce, Lady Colin Campbell retained her married name.
She later explained that she did so in order to annoy Lord Colin's elder brother, the Duke of Argyll, whom she suspected of plotting against her.
Her full name was shortened to Lady C when she took part in I'm A Celebrity.