 An oft-repeated story is that a broadcast by Bernelle caused a U-boat captain to surrender by informing him that his wife - whom he had not seen for two years - had given birth to twins.Bernelle was married from 1945 to 1969 to Desmond Leslie (1921–2001).Leslie briefly became notorious for assaulting Bernard Levin during a live transmission of "That Was The Week That Was" in 1962 for writing a hostile review of one of his wife's performances.