She’s one of the favourites to become the new host of Strictly Come Dancing but Alex Jones already has a seismic job on her hands – renovating her country mansion.
The One Show host, 49, has been documenting her big plans to overhaul the sprawling £2.8million property in Ascot, Berkshire, on social media, after purchasing the four-bedroom Georgian pile in July 2024 before her husband Charlie Thomson even stepped foot in it.
Indeed, so desperate was Alex to seal a deal for the house, whose previous occupants include John Lennon and Ringo Starr, she wrote a letter to its elderly owner pleading
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