Royals on reality TV! Queen’s cousin Princess Olga Romanoff signs up for E4 reality show The Big Celebrity Detox which sees stars drinking URINE after Mike Tindall is confirmed for I’m a Celebrity
- The Sun reported that the Queen’s cousin has signed up to Celebrity Dropbox
- The show films celebs taking part in odd therapies including urine drinking
- Olga is said to have ‘no airs and graces’ according to a TV insider
The Queen’s cousin has been confirmed as the latest celebrity to sign up for E4 reality show The Big Celebrity Detox, which sees stars trying odd therapies such as drinking their own urine.
The Sun reported that Princess Olga Romanoff, 72, who is a cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, will take part in the new show, centered around alternative therapies such as urine drinking.
Olga is the youngest child of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia from his second marriage to Nadine Sylvia Ada McDougall and is a descendant from the House of Romanov, related to the last Tsar of Russia.
Princess Olga Romanoff, 72, is the latest royal relative to sign up for reality TV – she will be taking part in The Big Celebrity Detox, which was filming before The Queen’s death – it involves strange alternative therapies such as urine drinking
Mike Tindall, 44, a rugby player who is married to the late Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, daughter of Prince Anne – will be on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
It was reported that she was once considered a bride for her third cousin King Charles III – talking to Alan Titchmarsh on Love Your Weekend she said King Charles made a ‘narrow escape’ and she would have made a ‘terrible, terrible wife’ to the royal.
Olga’s father Prince Andrei was Tsar Nicholas II’s eldest nephew and Tsar Nicholas II was the first cousin of King George V, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather.
Princess Olga was also related to the Queen’s late husband, Prince Philip through his linage in the Greek royal family.
The late Queen’s cousin is no stranger to reality TV and has starred on Keeping Up With The Aristocrats this year and Australian Princess in 2005.
Princess Olga Romanoff, at home in Faversham Kent, when she was filming for a three part ITV series called Keeping Up With The Aristocrats which aired this year
Olga’s father Prince Andrei was Tsar Nicholas II’s eldest nephew and Tsar Nicholas II was the first cousin of King George V, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather. Princess Olga was also related to the Queen’s late husband, Prince Philip.
A TV insider told The Sun: ‘She had no airs and graces and threw herself into all the different therapies, which included some stars having to down their own wee.’
The show seems to be emulating Extreme Celebrity Detox which was a reality television programme on Channel 4 back in 2005.
Olga is set to joins Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Lewis and Chloe Veitch from Too Hot To Handle.
The E4 series doesn’t have a set date for release but it’s been rumoured that, much like the bushtucker trials in I’m A Celebrity, stars will be put to the test with some of the wackiest health trends.
Too hot to handle star Chloe Veitch will be filmed alongside Princess Olga for the new series on E4 The Big Celebrity Detox
Martin Lewis, the Homes Under The Hammer Presenter, will also take part in The Big Celebrity Detox it has been confirmed
Olga is the latest star with a royal connection to sign up for reality TV, after it has been confirmed that Mike Tindall will be taking part in iconic ITV series I’m A Celebrity this year, alongside former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
The Express reported that King Charles is disapproving of the move, but the 44-year-old rugby player did confirm he got royal permission ahead of filming in Australia, whereas other reports claim that royal sources have said he did not seek permission.
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