Dame Prue Leith
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Dame Prue Leith has revealed that watching Nigella Lawson on The Great British Bake Off made her question leaving the show.

The 86-year-old called an end to her nine-year tenure as a judge earlier this year and was replaced by Lawson.

Announcing her decision in January, Dame Prue said it felt like "the right time to step back" from judging cakes alongside Paul Hollywood.

But she has opened up about feeling a "pang" of sadness when she saw Lawson as her replacement on the Channel 4 show.