special guest of the BBC. Her other work has included theatre, television (What's Up Dog?) and radio (Katie and Friends). In 2004 Boyle was a guest on a special Eurovision-themed celebrity version of The Weakest Link on BBC One, hosted by Anne Robinson. Boyle became the first, and to date the only, contestant ever to vote herself off the programme. Personal life In 1947, she married The Hon. Richard Bentinck Boyle, heir to the 8th Earl of Shannon; the marriage was dissolved in 1955 but she kept his surname, Boyle. Later that year she married Greville Baylis, a racehorse owner, who died in 1976. In 1979 she married theatre impresario Sir Peter Saunders, who died in 2003. In Queen Elizabeth II: A Woman Who Is Not Amused by Nicholas Davies it is alleged that Boyle had a long-standing relationship with Prince Philip in the 1950s. Boyle told Gyles Brandreth: "It's ludicrous, pure fabrication. When it appears in print, people believe it. You can't take legal action because it fans the flames, so you just have to accept people telling complete lies about you." She was represented for most of her working life by Bunny Lewis and was a committee member of Battersea Dogs Home for more than 25 years. She died at home on Tuesday 20 March 2018. Alternative crediting She was also credited as Catherine Boyle and Catherine Boyl. Filmography Bibliography She also wrote four books: Dear Katie – tips from her days as agony aunt for TV Times, 1975, What This Katie Did – autobiography, 1980, Boyle's Law - household tips, 1982, Battersea Tales – stories of rescues from the Battersea Dogs Home, 1997 See also List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters References External links Katie Boyle at the British Film Institute 1926 births 2018 deaths British television presenters British women writers Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom BBC Radio 2 presenters Mass media people from Florence 20th-century British actresses Italian nobility Italian people of English descent Katie English people of Italian descent British women radio presenters British women television presenters British advice columnists British women columnists Royalty and nobility models Royalty and nobility actors English female models 20th-century English women 20th-century English people Wives of knights