Why Gen Z couldn't care less about national treasures

It's not been a great week for national treasures. First, France's most precious jewellery, worth £76m, is stolen from the Louvre, and then Claudia Winkleman announces she's leaving Strictly.

- LOTTE JEFFS

Tess Daly is heading off with her, but in looted crown jewels terms she's the single sapphire earring to Claudia's royal tiara. So no one's quite as bothered.

I'm less worried about what will become of the French crown jewels than I am about the state of our own country's TV gems. Because frankly, who can possibly fill Claudia's shoes? She belongs to the UK's last generation of national treasures and we should all be worried.

Because after the Gen Xs retire, there are very few millennials set to follow in their footsteps. And then, well, let the mourners come because not only does Gen Z have a dearth of possible contenders, this generation also apparently has very little respect for, or knowledge of, our existing card-carrying treasures. I'm thinking of Cat Burns on Wednesday's Celebrity Traitors asking, “Who’s Helen Mirren?”

“Who’s Helen Mirren?!” That's like asking who's... who's... Helen Mirren! You can't get more iconic or more British than the actor who won an Oscar for playing the queen.