Sandra Howard, Lady Howard of Lympne (born August 1940) is an English novelist, former model and the wife of

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet posi ...

, a former leader of the Conservative Party.

Life

She was trained at the Lucy Clayton Modelling Agency and as Sandra Paul, she was a well-known model in the 1960s and was featured on the cover of American Vogue for two months in a row, was photographed by

David Bailey David Royston Bailey (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer and director, most widely known for his fashion photography and portraiture, and role in shaping the image of the Swinging Sixties. Early life David Bailey was born at Wh ...

and Norman Parkinson and was acquainted with

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and Bob Dylan. She has been married four times, the first of which was when she was 18 to jazz pianist Robin Douglas-Home, the nephew of the former Prime Minister,

Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative politician who se ...

. She has a son, Sholto, from this marriage. She was later married to David Wynne-Morgan, a publicist, whom she also divorced. She then married advertising executive Nigel Grandfield. It was while married to Grandfield that she met

at a Red Cross Ball. She and Howard subsequently married in 1975. They have a son and a daughter. She has written five novels, the most recent, ''Tell the Girl'', was published on 3 July 2014. She made a brief foray back to her modelling career in the 1990s by posing for Marks & Spencer catalogues.

Publications

* ''Glass houses'', Simon & Schuster, 2006. * ''Ursula's Story'', Simon & Schuster, 2008. * ''Ex-wives'', Simon & Schuster, 2010. * ''A Matter of Loyalty'', Simon & Schuster, 2012. * ''Tell the Girl'', Simon & Schuster, 2014.

References

External links

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BBC biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Sandra 1940 births Living people English female models Howard of Lympne Spouses of British politicians Spouses of life peers People educated at Croydon High School English women novelists 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers 21st-century English women writers