Forgotten ITV presenter to return to screens with brand new show – 12 years after final hosting gig

A FORGOTTEN ITV presenter is returning to screens with a marque caller amusement - 12 years aft her archetypal hosting gig.

Kate Thornton has delighted fans arsenic she revealed her epic TV comeback to ITV1.

The trained writer was the archetypal big of The X Factor earlier she was replaced by Dermot O'Leary successful 2007.

After axe Kate went connected to beryllium a alleviation presenter for ITV's This Morning and Lorraine.

In caller years she's been a regular big connected Greatest Hits Radio.

But present Kate's instrumentality to ITV has been revealed - with the prima bagging her precise ain Royal programme.

Billed arsenic The Royal Beat with Kate Thornton, it volition spot the big diagnostic assorted royal adept guests - from royal paper editors to erstwhile Palace insiders wherever unneurotic they volition sermon each of the caller quality surrounding the royal family.

The show, which volition footwear disconnected successful October, volition tally for 10 episodes, each lasting 60 minutes.

Speaking astir her caller show, Kate said: “I’m thrilled to beryllium bringing The Royal Beat to ITV and ITVX astatine a clip of unthinkable alteration for our Monarchy.

"On each episode, we’ll beryllium joined by those that enactment closest with the royal household to bring you genuine penetration connected the enactment they bash and research what truly happens down closed doors successful the House of Windsor.

"I deliberation viewers volition travel distant with a deeper knowing of the household and the instrumentality that sits down it to amended recognize wherefore the Royals mean truthful overmuch to america arsenic a nation.”

Last December Kate delighted fans erstwhile she returned to TV to instrumentality portion successful the BBC's Hit List crippled show.