Annabel Giles was a Welsh television and radio presenter, model, actress, novelist, counsellor and psychotherapist.
She died on 20 November 2023 at the age of 64, after being diagnosed with a highly aggressive malignant brain tumour in July 2023.
Annabel Claire Giles was born on 20 May 1959 in Griffithstown, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, as the eldest of three sisters.
She was expelled from boarding school aged 16 for going to see Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel play in Bristol, where she was seen smoking in the street.
Between 1977 and 1982, she trained and worked as a secretary, mostly employed in advertising agencies, which is where she was “discovered”.
Giles was then signed up by top agency Models 1, and became the official model for Max Factor.
Giles started her media career in the 1990s on Razzmatazz and Night Network, and appeared in the 1993 film Riders.
She came to prominence as co-presenter of ITV’s Posh Frocks and New Trousers with Sarah Greene.
She was in numerous entertainment shows, and a panellist on game shows ranging from Have I Got News for You to Shooting Stars.
She was a regular panellist on Through the Keyhole and BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute, and on Noel Edmonds’ House Party.
In 1995, Giles wrote and performed a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival called Looking for Mr. Giles, and a second show the following year, Anyone Can Be A TV Presenter.
Giles’ first novel, Birthday Girls, reached number six in the top ten on the best-seller lists in 2001.
She published Crossing the Paradise Line in 2003 and The Defrosting of Charlotte Small in 2006.
In November 2013, Giles and Vincent Simone entered the Australian jungle as late arrivals in the 13th season of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.
Giles was the first celebrity to leave the jungle, on 1 December. From 2014, Giles regularly guested on the Channel 5 chat show The Wright Stuff hosted by Matthew Wright.
In summer 2018 she appeared on ITV2’s My Shirley Valentine Summer and was the resident agony aunt on the Eleri Siôn show for BBC Radio Wales.
After retraining, she worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist in Brighton and London. Giles was a patron of the charity for parents of children with special needs, Amaze Brighton.
About Annabel Giles parents
Annabel Giles was born 20 May 1959 to John Giles and Claire Giles.
About Annabel Giles Father
John Giles: He was Annabel Giles’s father and a retired army officer and businessman.
About Annabel Giles Mother
Claire Giles: She was Annabel Giles’ mother, a former nurse and housewife.
About Annabel Giles siblings
Annabel Giles had two younger sisters. Their names and ages are not publicly known.
It is also not clear if they are still alive or not.
Giles was born in Griffithstown, near Pontypool, Wales, as the eldest of three sisters.
About Annabel Giles husband
Annabel Giles’s husband was Midge Ure, the lead singer of Ultravox.
Midge Ure is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer.
His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his actual name.
They married in 1985 and had a daughter, who became the lead singer of pop punk group The Faders.
Giles and Ure separated in 1989.
About Annabel Giles kids
Annabel Giles had two children: a daughter and a son.
About Annabel Giles daughter
Her daughter, Molly Lorenne, was born in March 1987 from her marriage with Midge Ure, the lead singer of Ultravox.
Molly Lorenne became the lead singer of pop punk group The Faders. Annabel Giles and Midge Ure separated in 1989.
About Annabel Giles son
Her son, Tedd Giles had was born with XYY syndrome and Asperger syndrome.
He is the son of a comedians’ agent, who had a bitter split with Annabel Giles.
She accused him of being a deadbeat dad who left her when their son was two weeks old.
She later retrained as a counsellor and psychotherapist, and worked in Brighton and London.
She was a patron of the charity for parents of children with special needs, Amaze Brighton.
About Annabel Giles Family
Husband: Midge Ure (m. 1985; div. 1989)
Children: Molly Lorenne and Tedd Giles had
Mother: Claire Giles
Father: John Claire Giles
Siblings: Three unnamed siblings.
Annabel Giles death
In July 2023, Giles was diagnosed with a brain tumour. On 20 November 2023, she died at the age of 64 at Martlets Hospice in Hove.
Confirming the death of their “incredible mother”, her children said she had undergone brain surgery and radiotherapy treatment.
Daughter Molly and son Tedd said on X she was “one of a kind”.
In their social media tribute, her children said their mother died at Martlets Hospice in Hove after four months of “remarkable resilience and strength”.
“Mum was truly one of a kind, an enigma to those privileged to share her life. True to her nature, she kept spirits high and maintained her quick wit until the very end.
“Her humour and laughter will leave us inspired to live life to the fullest, just as she always did.”
They said she had been diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma, and said that in her final weeks she had been passionate about raising awareness of this type of tumour, “embodying her lifelong commitment to helping others”.
A message from Annabel’s children x pic.twitter.com/l8F8oDGo2f
— Annabel Giles 💙🇪🇺 (@Annabel_Giles) November 21, 2023
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