Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Clare Balding is set to host this year's Trooping the Colour for the BBC, bringing viewers all the updates from the r oyal spectacle, minute by minute. The 53 year old English broadcast journalist and author, who currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4 and BT Sport, will be on hand for everything that happens at the event on Saturday, 15 June, which will mark King Charles' official birthday. Outside of her official presenting duties, Clare lives a quiet life with her wife, Alice Arnold, 61 , who she has been with for nearly two decades.
Back in 2013, the BBC was forced to apologise after broadcasting a Radio 5 Live satirical panel debate about "curing" Clare Balding of being a lesbian. The broadcaster received 19 complaints after it showed a Saturday live edition of the BBC Radio 5 Live show, Fighting Talk, in which contestants were asked to discuss whether Clare should present racing shows topless. In a round where guests are invited to "Defend the Indefensible", comedian Bob Mills debated the proposition that: "Give me 20 minutes with her and I'm pretty sure I could turn around Clare Balding.
" During the challenge, Bob described Clare as a "horse woman" who "appreciates power between her thighs", before adding: "And we all know, there is no woman that can't be.
