I Never Realised Anne Frank Was Talking About My Relative When I Read Her Diary

Bake Off Matt's moving discovery on show

- Mark Jefferies

Matt Lucas was shocked to find out a relative lodged with Anne Frank's family and was even mentioned in her famous diary.

The Great British Bake Off host, 48, discovered Werner Goldschmidt the son of his great-grandaunt Herta - is in Anne's posthumously published The Diary of a Young Girl.

Before the Franks went into hiding in Amsterdam, Werner was living with them in the family home.

They left a note with instructions for Werner to give their cat to a neighbour, which is mentioned in the diary.

Matt said: "He didn't necessarily know they were about to go into hiding, so he was lurking around slightly unwelcome the night before they were going.”