The One Show presenter Alex Jones has candidly spoken about the "guilt" she faces while juggling work and family life.

star admitted she "tries to do it all" when it comes to her career and parenting her three children, who she shares with husband Charlie Thomson. The 47-year-old also had strong words for societal pressures on women in an interview with Fabric Magazine.

The Welsh star opened up, confessing that balancing work and family life is "difficult" and that she "runs herself ragged." She said: "I feel super guilty for leaving them [her children].

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"But I know that I do a job I love and a job that keeps the family afloat. So, I don't know... I do sort of softplay in the morning and live in the afternoon, that's kind of how my life goes.

"Literally I'm with them right up until the last minute before I need to hop in the car to come to work. And then I rush home to try and do their before they go to sleep.

"I haven't got the solution – I just basically try and do it all." Alex also revealed that she can't envision herself and her family relocating from London, reports .

The explained: "You know, if we go to the supermarket or to the park, we'll see four or five people we know on the way. Our street feels like a proper neighbourhood; we know all our neighbours. And I don't think you get that everywhere."

In the past, Alex has discussed having a baby in her late thirties. Speaking to The Times, she said: "I've had so many people over the years asking if I was worried I was leaving it too late to try for a baby.

"I get annoyed when people constantly put pressure on women - it's not a career or children, it's just sometimes you find the two don't go hand in hand, however much you want them to. I didn't meet my husband, , until my mid-thirties, and it takes time to get to know somebody."

She added: "Becoming at 39 was a massive surprise and I felt so lucky that we hadn't had difficulties, given my age. Teddy is now one, and while motherhood has been the biggest challenge, it's such a privilege to be the person that little human wants and needs."

Alex continued: "The time with Teddy is more precious as a result. Stay-at-home mums have it hard, too. We're all judged. I hope by the time Teddy is grown up, the conversation will have moved on and people will be a bit more celebratory of each other. People ask what I want for my son and it's for him to be kind and comfortable in his own skin."

Until she announced her , Alex says, some people assumed she didn’t want and were more focused on her career. Clarifying this misconception, she revealed to The Daily Mail: "It was nothing to do with that. I just felt getting pregnant when I did was the right time for me."