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Mary Portas has revealed that her brother Lawrence is the biological father of her son in an emotional interview on Jamie Laing's podcast. The 'Mary, Queen of Shops' star, who lives just outside Stroud , fought back tears as she spoke about her family arrangement on the Great Company podcast.

Mary , 65, jokingly made it clear that her brother didn't have relations with her former wife Melanie Rickey but shared her wish to "have a bloodline" when starting a family with Melanie.

"So, Mel decided she wanted a child, and I was very clear that I wanted to have a bloodline," explained Mary, who is also mother to twins Mylo and Verity from her previous marriage to Graham Portas.

"I wanted, if I was going to have another child, I wanted to make sure that it was related in so

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