© Provided by Trinity Mirror Plc Credits: Rex Features Veteran TV presenter Jeremy Paxman has split from his partner of 35 years Elizabeth Clough. The University Challenge host, 66, and TV producer Elizabeth, 64, have three children together – Jessica, 26, and twins Jack and Victoria, 10. Despite enjoying a relationship spanning more than three decades, the pair never married. His agent told the Daily Mail: “Jeremy Paxman and his partner separated last year. They retain a mutual respect for each other and a deep love for their children.” © Provided by Trinity Mirror Plc Credits: Rex Features According to the newspaper, the divorce is a bitter blow for Elizabeth who made several sacrifices for the relationship. They report she gave up her job as a producer on a BBC show when it relocated from London to Glasgow. “When it was relocated by the BBC to Scotland, she spent some time bedding it in, but she couldn’t relocate,” someone close to the situation at the time said. Elizabeth joined the BBC as a trainee and worked on several shows including Panorama, Watchdog and Newsnight. It was on the BBC’s flagship political programme that she is said to have met Jeremy. © Provided by Trinity Mirror Plc Credits: Rex Features As a presenter, Jeremy spent 25 years fronting the Newsnight, earning a reputation as a tough interviewer before leaving the show for good in 2014. After the show chose not to run an item linking Jimmy Saville with child abuse, Paxman…more detail
