Antiques Roadshow star Bunny Campione announces her husband has died aged 91

Antiques Roadshow favorite Bunny Campione has announced the sad news that her husband, Major Iain Grahame, has passed away at the age of 91.

During his time in the King’s African Rifles, Grahame had Idi Amin, later dictator of Uganda, under his command.

He then visited Uganda with his second wife, Didy, who, to the horror of those present, told Amin to get the fake VC off his chest.

Amin complied – perhaps one of the reasons Grahame was sent back to Uganda after Amin ordered the execution of Denis Hills, a British writer who had described him as a “black Nero” and a “village tyrant.” Once again, Grahame and Hills survived.

His first meeting with Bunny was inauspicious: they bumped into each other as they turned a corner on a country road.

But many years later they met again. Love blossomed and they married in 2002.

Bunny, 77, born Carolyn Fisher, rose to fame on Antiques Roadshow after joining the series in 1987.

She also worked at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in London for 23 years before founding her own company Campione Fine Art.

Last week an Antiques Roadshow guest was amazed by the ‘ridiculous’ value of his damaged watch.

The BBC show returned for a brand new series on Sunday evening, with the antiques experts traveling to Swanage Pier and the seafront.

Among the treasures on display was a rare Omega watch that had suffered the unfortunate fate of being run over by a lawn mower.

However, expert Richard Price was quickly able to reassure the owner that the timepiece was salvageable and valuable.

He said: ‘As you know, this was the first watch worn on the moon, but in the watch industry there is an unfortunate word for when something is in very poor condition. We call it deserted and this is quite deserted. How did it get to this state?’

During his time in the King’s African Rifles, Grahame had Idi Amin, later dictator of Uganda, under his command (the Ugandan leader is pictured with his wife and seven children, along with Major Iain Grahame, far left)

Wow! Last week an Antiques Roadshow guest was amazed by the ‘ridiculous’ value of his damaged watch

The guest then explained: ‘Unfortunately it went through my lawn mower. We got broken into and they probably dropped it in the grass when they left. My wife later found it in the compost bin.

He added: ‘I bought it in late 1965 or early 1966 and it was second hand at the time.’

Despite the damage, expert Richard confirmed that the watch would still be worth thousands if the couple had it repaired.

He said: ‘Assuming you can get these pieces with that strap in good condition, I can see it selling for between £18 and 20,000. And the belt alone is worth £3,000.”

The male guest said: ‘I’m amazed, I’m excited, I mean I came here thinking it was basically beyond repair, kind of rubbish really. My son will be excited because he wants to inherit it.”