Who Do You Think You Are? viewers say Josh Widdicombe has a claim to the throne after royal link discovered

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, the biggest revelation came later in the show, when it was revealed that his 12-time great-grandmother was in a “love triangle” with the queen and that he was related to Anne Boleyn, with some historians believing he was a descendant of King Henry VIII. “Absolutely mind blowing episode of #WDYTYA with Josh Widdicombe,” another tweet read. Many viewers were impressed by the revelations revealed in the episode, with one commenter writing: “‘My 12x great-grandmother was in a love triangle with Elizabeth I.’ As family history discoveries go, that’s a corker.” Another viewer joked that Widdicombe had “gone full Danny Dyer”, alluding to when the EastEnders star learned he was related to Edward III on the show.