Tess Daly has been hosting Strictly Come Dancing since 2004, so her joint announcement earlier this week with Claudia Winkleman that the pair would be leaving the show came as a complete shock to fans of the series. However, a more surprising piece of information has emerged about the 56-year-old presenter, and has been quickly amassing viral attention over the past few days: her real name is not, in fact, Tess Daly. Scroll down to find out her real name, and why she decided to change it…

© CREDIT LINE:BBC/Guy Levy Tess and Claudia announced that they would leave the show together

The Strictly presenter's birth name is actually Helen Elizabeth Daly, and she has explained in the past why she changed her name for her career. Speaking to the Mail Weekend magazine, she expla

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