Philippa with Beau, a young orang-utan
whose mother rejected him at birth and
who stars in her new series,
Making Animal Babies
Philippa, 31, is expecting her own
first baby in under two months with
her partner Charlie, a BBC wildlife
cameraman who’s “tall, dark
and handsome” |
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tells us of her pregnancy
and the dramatic turn her life has taken
Philippa Forrester is expecting her first child on her birthday on
September 20, yet strangely she seems more concerned by the condition of a
heavily pregnant giraffe called Biffa. “She was due in April and still
hasn’t given birth,” says Philippa. “I’m on call day and
night and we’ve had a camera crew on virtual standby for months.”
By the time Making Animal Babies is broadcast over the New Year,
Philippa will be a mother herself. She and her partner Charles Hamilton James,
a wildlife cameraman for the BBC, don’t know if their baby will be a boy
or a girl. “We want a nice surprise,” she says. “I always wanted
a girl, but I don’t mind now.”
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Philippa at Twyford Zoo with
Danny the chimpanzee |
It’s a surprise to Philippa, 31, that her life has taken such a dramatic
turn. Little over a year ago, the Tomorrow’s World presenter
insisted that she wasn’t ready for a relationship, let alone becoming a
mother. The father of her child, Charlie, who is a few years younger than
Philippa and who she describes as “tall, dark and handsome”, is
relatively new in her life. “We got together filming otters in Skye. We
were up all night in the middle of winter on a boat waiting for otters and we
just talked and talked - which is probably why no otters turned up. I had 17
layers on and we looked like Michelin men, but it worked. It was pretty instant
after that. We have so much in common and I think of him as my soul
buddy.”
For more revelations about Philippa’s pregnancy, the new issue of
HELLO! is on sale now. |
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