Biggins crowned king of the jungle

Actor Christopher Biggins is celebrating being crowned "king of the jungle" after the public voted him the winner of this year's "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here" reality television show.

Flamboyant Biggins broke down in tears after learning he had clinched the title, beating off competition from runner-up Janice Dickinson, an American former supermodel, and Jason "J" Brown, former 5ive singer, placed third.

"It's been a wonderful, wonderful experience and I can't believe that I'm here, that I've done it," Biggins said after taking his place on the jungle throne.

"I've made wonderful friends and I've done wonderful things that I never thought I would do. Unbelievable fun, it was just the best."

He was later greeted by his partner Neil, who he wed in a civil partnership ceremony in London last year.

Dickinson likened being on the show to child-birth, saying: "This is the most difficult thing I've experienced."

The final, aired on British television on Friday night, followed a day in the Australian bush in which the three remaining contestants each had to endure a trial.

Biggins was given the "bushtucker bonanza" in which he ate a witchetty grub, crocodile's foot, three cockroaches, a kangaroo penis and a kangaroo testicle.

"I'm really a breast man," he joked while eating the penis.

Via reuters.com