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Konnie Huq used to “fantasise” about having lighter skin. The 45-year-old star struggled to find any role models in books or on TV that she could identify with and though she thinks it was “terrible”, it made her long to have a different skin tone so she could fit in with those around her. She told The Times Weekend supplement: “People forget the 1980s and 1990s was a time before any concept of inclusivity and diversity. “I was a young girl who totally wanted to fit in with the worl...

Raymond Blanc with Le Manoir staff in 2020 Picture: Tim Hughes The chef, who lives with his partner Natalia, suffers asthma and was warned at one stage of his stay that he might have to go into intensive care but managed to avoid it. Raymond Blanc checks dishes at Le Manoir Picture: Tim Hughes He added: “They said I might have to go to ICU, which filled me with fear because I knew that I might be put on ventilator and I would have no control over what happened to me. I begged them...