Fiona Bruce Parents: Meet Rosemary Bruce and John Bruce

Fiona Bruce was born in what was then the State of Singapore, Malaysia to an English mother and a Scottish father, who had a long career at Unilever, becoming a regional managing director. Before that, the Bruce family had lived for several generations in the fishing village of Hopeman in Moray in the northeast of Scotland.

Bruce has two elder brothers. She was educated at Gayton Primary School in Wirral, the International School of Milan, and then, from the age of 14 until 18, attended Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College in New Cross, London. During the latter period, she modelled for the stories in the teenage girls’ magazine, Jackie.

Bruce was awarded the female Rear of the Year title in 2010, and accepted in person. The following year, however, she declared that her acceptance of it had been hypocritical and that the award was demeaning.

Bruce has regularly appeared on the BBC’s annual Children in Need telethon, performing musical routines alongside fellow BBC newsreader.