{"id":374,"date":"2020-09-04T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=85038"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:05:35","slug":"who-is-reeta-chakrabarti-married-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/09\/04\/who-is-reeta-chakrabarti-married-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Reeta Chakrabarti married to? Meet BBC newsreader&#8217;s husband and children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BBC brought the documentary My Forgotten Army family ties where newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti discovers more about her father-in-law Patrick Hamilton. Who is Reeta&#8217;s husband?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The channel has made a number of powerful documentaries in the past that look at the history and remarkable achievements of war veterans.<\/p>\n<p>In a new docuseries, BBC reveals more about Reeta Chakrabarti&#8217;s father-in-law who fought as part of the Forgotten Army in Burma.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s meet Reeta and find more about her family, husband and children.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is Reeta Chakrabarti?<\/h3>\n<p>Reeta is a journalist and newsreader for BBC.<\/p>\n<p>She regularly presents news bulletins at lunchtime and in the evening. She also presents the <em>BBC Weekend News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Reeta was born in Ealing, London and grew up in Birmingham. She spent some of her teenage years in India when she studied at the Calcutta International School in Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994, she became a reporter for the Breakfast Programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. In 1997, Reeta became BBC Community Affairs correspondent, before becoming a political correspondent for the BBC in 1999.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memories of Burma\u2019s \u2018forgotten army\u2019 on 75th anniversary of the end of conflict - BBC News\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GxQhPOUmXJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Who is Reeta Chakrabarti married to? Meet Paul Hamilton<\/h3>\n<p>Reeta is married to Paul Hamilton. The couple lives in North London and have three children together.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is on Twitter under the handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulHamilton50\"><em>@PaulHamilton50<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Reeta enjoys life in the media spotlight because of her career as a journalist, there&#8217;s not much information about Paul or his career.<\/p>\n<p>And unlike Reeta, Paul is not an active Twitter user as his only tweet for this year is from May.<\/p>\n<p>We weren&#8217;t able to find Paul&#8217;s Instagram account and it appears that Reeta doesn&#8217;t have a public Insta account either.<\/p>\n<h3>Reeta is praised by viewers<\/h3>\n<p>Viewers at home have praised Reeta for her work in the BBC documentary about her father-in-law Patrick.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rod01Martin\/status\/1301806453406171136\">reacted<\/a>: &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">A fascinating story. With a surprise Aberdeen connection too. Thank you for sharing <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@reetacbbc<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. Although it\u2019s hard to imagine today what your father in laws generation endured. Brave men.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nebhrajani\/status\/1301656648289792001\">said<\/a>: &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Really great piece on your father-in-law\u2019s war <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@reetacbbc<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. I\u2019m sure the Hamiltons are all very proud of him. I remember hearing so much about the war in Burma from my family in India and yet so little here. Important for that story to be told.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11.2.0\/svg\/1f4f8.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u00a0<strong>GET FREAKY WITH US ON<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><strong>AND<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC brought the documentary My Forgotten Army family ties where newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti discovers more about her father-in-law Patrick Hamilton. Who is Reeta&#8217;s husband? 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