Editing Kate Robbins (section)

==Early life==
Robbins is the elder sister of fellow actress [[Amy Robbins]], sculptor [[Jane Robbins (sculptor)|Jane Robbins]], and ''[[The Sheilas]]'' singer [[Emma Robbins]]. Her older brother is radio broadcaster and actor [[Ted Robbins]]. Through her sister Emma, she became the sister-in-law of [[Simon Shelton]], and through her sister Amy, the sister-in-law of actor [[Robert Daws]].

Her father was Mike Robbins, who grew up in Hightown, Wrexham, the son of [[Ted Robbins (football administrator)|Ted]], who served as the secretary of the [[Football Association of Wales]] for more than 35 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.redpassion.co.uk/oldsite/news04/news2211h.htm |title=Disgusting, immoral and sickening |newspaper=Wrexham Evening Leader |date=22 November 2004 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

She attended [[Wirral Grammar School for Girls]] in Bebington, Cheshire.

Robbins is a first cousin once removed of [[Paul McCartney]] as her mother Elizabeth "Bett" Robbins (née Danher) was McCartney's cousin. In 1960, McCartney and [[John Lennon]] performed as "[[The Nerk Twins]]" at the Fox and Hounds pub in [[Caversham, Reading]], which was run by Bett and her husband Mike.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1960/04/23/live-fox-and-hounds-caversham |title=Live: Fox And Hounds, Caversham |website=The Beatles Bible|date=24 April 1960 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.famechain.com/family-tree/5215/joe-mccartney/florrie-mccartney |title=McCartney family tree |website=Famechain.com}}</ref>