Who is Rageh Omaar? ITV Royal Wedding reporter and former BBC world affairs correspondent

RAGEH Omaar is best known for presenting in the midst of the Iraq Invasion.

But now the brave correspondent has been chosen as one of ITV's royal reporters, who will be covering the funeral of Queen Elizabeth on Monday, September 19, 2022.

Who is Rageh Omaar?

Rageh, 50, was born July 19, 1967 and is a Somali-born British journalist and writer - best known as a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq.

Omaar was born in Mogadishu, and moved to the UK when he was just two-tears-old.

During his time in education, he studied at the Dragon School, Oxford, and Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.

He then studied Modern History at New College, Oxford.

Omaar began his journalistic career as a trainee for The Voice newspaper before moving to the BBC, where he worked in Ethiopia.

A year later, Omaar returned to London to work as a producer and broadcast journalist for the BBC.

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From January 2013, he became a special correspondent and presenter for ITV News, reporting on a broad range of news stories, as well as producing special in-depth reports from all around the UK and further afield.

A year later, Rageh was promoted to International Affairs Editor for ITV News.

Since September 2017 he has occasionally presented the ITV Lunchtime News including the ITV News London Lunchtime Bulletin and the ITV Evening News.

What TV shows has he presented?

As well as covering the Iraq Invasion when working at the BBC, in September 2006, Rageh worked at Al Jazeera English, where he presented the nightly weekday documentary series Witness until January 2010, serving as a Middle Eastern correspondent for its London Division.

During his time at Al Jazeera English, Omaar also hosted the monthly The Rageh Omaar Report - his own series of investigative documentaries, which first aired February 2010.

He was also appointed the BBC's Africa correspondent in 2004 and as a result re-located for a short amount of time.

Is Rageh Omaar married and does he have chidlren?

Rageh is married to Georgiana Rose "Nina" Montgomery-Cuninghame, the daughter of Sir John Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill.

The couple live in Chiswick, west London.

They share three children - Sami, Loula and Zachary.

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