Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Rags Martel |
Birthday / Age / Birthdate / How old / DOB | As of 2025, he is around 48 years old. A 2014 interview in DailyMail had mentioned his age back then, as 37. |
Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
Children / No. of Kids | 1 |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | British |
What is Rags Martel real name? | His full name is Ragwald Martel. |
Wiki Bio / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Rags Martel (real name Ragwald Martel) is an English news reporter, correspondent and journalist from London.
- Kind and smart, Martel is not only an accomplished journalist, but also a devoted father, husband and health advocate.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Rags’ full name is Ragwald Martel, but he prefers to go by the name Rags. He described his parents on social media as hippies, who gave him this weird Viking sounding name.
- Currently, Rags is married to a journalist and reporter named Ria Chatterjee who works for ITV News.
- The couple live in London with Rags’ 20-year-old daughter Roxie (age as of 2023).
- In August 2013, a friend of Martel’s noticed a lump he had on his neck, at a railway station early morning. Rags had never noticed it before.
- After having the lump checked out, doctors discovered that Rags had thyroid cancer. Luckily, the type of thyroid cancer he had, had a 90 percent survival rate. A month later, he underwent surgery to have his thyroid removed and was almost fully recovered after three weeks at home.
- Martel shared the news about his diagnosis and surgery with his followers on social media and detailed how he was receiving post-surgery Iodine Radiotherapy.
- During Martel’s recovery period, football coach Jose Mourinho sent him a get-well-soon card.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Martel currently works for ITV News in London as a journalist, correspondent and reporter.
- Before joining ITV, he used to work for Channel 4 News.
- He loves to post news updates on social media and has over 2000 combined followers on Instagram and YouTube.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- As a cancer survivor, Rags is passionate about raising awareness and supporting people suffering from various forms of the disease through charities like The Charlie Gard Foundation.
- When he is not working, he loves to travel with his family and spend time following his love for photography.
Body Figure / Physical Info
- How tall / Height : 5′8″
- Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of his social media.
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