James McCourt is a British

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/host, royal expert,

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, and celebrity interviewer.

Career

Television

James is a host, celebrity interviewer,

, a certified

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and a royal expert for

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, E! ''The Real Princess Diaries: From Diana to Meghan'', Weekend Express and The Daily Share on

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, ''

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'' on

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's ''Cover Story'' and in 2019

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's ET Live in the same capacity. He also writes for

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and Closer Weekly for

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on this subject. James has appeared as one of the

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correspondents for '' Good Morning Britain'', appearing for the first time in August 2015 and a showbiz correspondent for

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since March 2016. In the UK he has hosted various

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as well as the

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draw on

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. He reported for

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and hosted Studio Disney UK, Hot Wired, an educational programme for

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and Glory ball for Challenge. James has appeared in the United States on

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, hosting ''Diana: Memories of a Princess'' and featured regularly as their UK correspondent. He could also be seen on the new E! entertainment series "Sexiest....", was the live voice of '

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' via Xbox Live Primetime in the UK and Ireland during Season 1. In his early career James worked for

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and was lead singer of his own pop

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- he still occasionally writes songs for

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shows.

Personal life

His younger brother is the television and radio presenter

Richard McCourt Richard "Dick" McCourt (born 12 August 1976) is an English entertainer and presenter. He is best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom, with the other being Dominic Wood. His older brother is fellow television presenter James McCourt ...

, of

Dick and Dom Dick and Dom (originally Richard and Dominic) are a British comedy double act consisting of the presenters Richard "Dick" McCourt and Dominic "Dom" Wood. They are primarily known for presenting 'the broom cupboard' presentation links on Childr ...

fame.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCourt, James Living people People educated at Tapton School British television presenters Year of birth missing (living people)