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'''Petronella Wyatt''' (born ], London) is a British ] and ]. She is the daughter of the late Labour MP and writer ] and a Hungarian baroness.
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'''Petronella "Petsy" Aspasia Wyatt'''<ref>''The Third Plantagenet: Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother''</ref> (born 6 May 1968) is a British ] and author.


==Early life and education==
⚫ ==Career==
Wyatt was born on 6 May 1968 at 12 ], ], England.<ref name="Wyatt2012">{{cite book|first=Petronella |last=Wyatt|title=Father Dear Father|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAr0UaEAoKkC&pg=PT6|date=31 May 2012|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4481-3693-3|page=6}}</ref> Her parents were the journalist and ] MP ] and his fourth wife, Hungarian-born Veronica "Verushka" Banszky von Ambroz (née ]).<ref name=Popham>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-families-5-the-wyatts-1273409.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-families-5-the-wyatts-1273409.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=17 March 1997|access-date=28 October 2019|last=Popham|first=Peter|title=Media families 5. The Wyatts}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/all-cyclists-should-have-a-licence-says-petronella-wyatt-as-her-mother-is-injured-twice-in-a-month-8121009.html|work=London Evening Standard|title='All cyclists should have a licence', says Petronella Wyatt as her mother is injured twice in a month|date=10 September 2012|access-date=28 October 2019|last=Watling|first=Lindsay}}</ref><ref name=Profile/><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 December 1997|title=Obituary: Lord Wyatt of Weeford|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-wyatt-of-weeford-1287784.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-wyatt-of-weeford-1287784.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=20 November 2020|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>
She has been a weekly columnist for the ] and ], of which she was deputy editor. She currently writes political interviews and main feature articles for the ]. Her interviewees have included ], ], ] and ].


Wyatt attended ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9464365/My-daddy-Woodrow-Wyatt-Robin-Day-and-a-sporting-disaster.html|title=My daddy Woodrow Wyatt, Robin Day and a sporting disaster|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 August 2012|access-date=28 October 2019|last=Wyatt|first=Petronella}}</ref> She then began reading history at ]. Wyatt left the university within weeks of her first term, after, she says, suffering persistent bullying and harassment due to her father's position as friend of and political advisor to ] ] ].<ref name=Oxford>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9714190/Petronella-Wyatt-I-was-bullied-out-of-Oxford-for-being-a-Tory.html|title=Petronella Wyatt: I was bullied out of Oxford for being a Tory|last=Wyatt|first=Petronella|date=30 November 2012|access-date=28 October 2019|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> She subsequently read history at ].<ref name=Oxford/>
It was alleged that she had had an affair with Boris Johnson, fellow journalist on Spectator and politician, and that she got pregnant and underwent an abortion when Johnson refused to leave his wife for her. Her father's diaries, published after his death, mentioned that Archbishop of Canterbury once stared at his daughter Petronella's bosom for a long moment. Woodrow Wyatt's critics targeted her father's attempt to get her entry into an Oxford College as a misuse of political influence.


⚫ ==Career==
For six months commencing in 2003, Petsy lived with American Charles Bruce Berry at his home in Charlottesville, Virgina, where she participated in his horse and hound centered lifestyle. Many of her columns in late 2003 focus on her experiences in the US foxhunting and American holidays such as Thanksgiving. She foxhunted with Farmington Hunt in Virginia, where members called her "Petrified Petronella," when they were not staring at her breasts, whose cleavage was remarkably exposed, despite her hunting attire.
After graduating, Wyatt became a trainee journalist and later weekly columnist for the '']'' in the early 1990s. She then worked for '']'' magazine, where she was promoted to deputy editor.<ref name=Profile>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/woodrow-verushka-pericles-and-petronella-welcome-to-the-world-of-the-wyatts-533899.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/woodrow-verushka-pericles-and-petronella-welcome-to-the-world-of-the-wyatts-533899.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|title=Woodrow, Verushka, Pericles and Petronella: welcome to the world of the Wyatts|date=20 November 2004|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref>


In 1996, when interviewing the proposed Labour Minister for Women ], Anderson joked that "under Labour, women will become more promiscuous", which Wyatt reported as policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/promiscuity-a-new-war-cry-for-labour-5598107.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/promiscuity-a-new-war-cry-for-labour-5598107.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Promiscuity. A new war cry for Labour?|last=Picardie|first=Ruth|date=3 October 1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=1 March 2010 }}</ref> ] regretted at the close of an interview with Wyatt that there was no time left for "]".<ref name=Popham/>
According to Berry's ex-wife, Charlotte von Lilienfeld (her father was West Germany's Ambassador to the United States from 1961 to 1968, to Iran from 1968 to 1974 and to Spain from 1974 to 1980), Petsy happily left the States just before Christmas of 2003 "screaming" because Berry had been so emotionly and verbally abusive to her. Little did he know that he was serving as her "beard" as she flew from the charms of Boris. Many people she interacted with in Charlottesville thought she seemed "drowsy," "drugged up," or "on tranquilizers."


== Personal life ==
Television appearances include ] and ].
Between 2000 and 2004, Wyatt had an affair with the then editor of ''The Spectator'' and Conservative MP ].<ref name="Times1">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article391143.ece|title=Boris Johnson sacked for lying over affair|newspaper=]|date=14 November 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724140737/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article391143.ece |archive-date=24 July 2008| first1=Andrew | last1=Porter | first2=Nicholas | last2=Hellen}}</ref> Johnson had promised to leave his wife, and the affair had resulted in a ] and a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/how-boris-johnsons-affair-with-petronella-wyatt-nearly-ended-his-career/news-story/3b755b23fbee046601d06019397ed149|title=How Boris Johnson's affair with Petronella Wyatt nearly ended his career|date=24 July 2019|last=Carey|first=Alexis|publisher=news.com.au}}</ref> When her mother found out about the affair, she discussed it with the press.<ref name=Profile/><ref name="Times1"/> Johnson was fired from his ] post by party leader ] for lying about the affair, after he had initially categorically denied it.<ref name="Times1"/><ref>{{cite news |first=Gaby |last=Hinsliff |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/nov/14/uk.conservatives |title=Boris Johnson sacked by Tories over private life |newspaper=] |date=14 November 2004 |access-date=5 August 2017 }}</ref>


==Publications== ==Publications==
*''Father, dear Father: Life with Woodrow Wyatt'' (Hutchinson, London) ISBN 0-09-929760-4 *''Father, dear Father: Life with Woodrow Wyatt'', ], London, 1999. {{ISBN|0-09-929760-4}}
*''Secrets of The Press'', edited by ].
*''The Third Plantagenet: ]'', John Ashdown Hill. The History Press, 2014. Contribution.


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Latest revision as of 18:09, 24 November 2024

British journalist and author (born 1968)

Petronella Wyatt
BornPetronella Aspasia Wyatt
(1968-05-06) 6 May 1968 (age 56)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Paul's Girls' School
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
University College London
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
PartnerBoris Johnson (2000–2004)
Parent(s)Woodrow Wyatt
Veronica Banszky von Ambroz (née Racz)

Petronella "Petsy" Aspasia Wyatt (born 6 May 1968) is a British journalist and author.

Early life and education

Wyatt was born on 6 May 1968 at 12 Devonshire Street, London, England. Her parents were the journalist and Labour MP Woodrow Wyatt and his fourth wife, Hungarian-born Veronica "Verushka" Banszky von Ambroz (née Racz).

Wyatt attended St Paul's Girls' School. She then began reading history at Worcester College, Oxford. Wyatt left the university within weeks of her first term, after, she says, suffering persistent bullying and harassment due to her father's position as friend of and political advisor to Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher. She subsequently read history at University College London.

Career

After graduating, Wyatt became a trainee journalist and later weekly columnist for the Sunday Telegraph in the early 1990s. She then worked for The Spectator magazine, where she was promoted to deputy editor.

In 1996, when interviewing the proposed Labour Minister for Women Janet Anderson, Anderson joked that "under Labour, women will become more promiscuous", which Wyatt reported as policy. Denis Healey regretted at the close of an interview with Wyatt that there was no time left for "rumpy pumpy".

Personal life

Between 2000 and 2004, Wyatt had an affair with the then editor of The Spectator and Conservative MP Boris Johnson. Johnson had promised to leave his wife, and the affair had resulted in a terminated pregnancy and a miscarriage. When her mother found out about the affair, she discussed it with the press. Johnson was fired from his shadow cabinet post by party leader Michael Howard for lying about the affair, after he had initially categorically denied it.

Publications

References

  1. The Third Plantagenet: Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother
  2. Wyatt, Petronella (31 May 2012). Father Dear Father. Random House. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4481-3693-3.
  3. ^ Popham, Peter (17 March 1997). "Media families 5. The Wyatts". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. Watling, Lindsay (10 September 2012). "'All cyclists should have a licence', says Petronella Wyatt as her mother is injured twice in a month". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Woodrow, Verushka, Pericles and Petronella: welcome to the world of the Wyatts". The Independent. 20 November 2004. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. "Obituary: Lord Wyatt of Weeford". The Independent. 9 December 1997. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. Wyatt, Petronella (10 August 2012). "My daddy Woodrow Wyatt, Robin Day and a sporting disaster". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  8. ^ Wyatt, Petronella (30 November 2012). "Petronella Wyatt: I was bullied out of Oxford for being a Tory". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  9. Picardie, Ruth (3 October 1996). "Promiscuity. A new war cry for Labour?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  10. ^ Porter, Andrew; Hellen, Nicholas (14 November 2004). "Boris Johnson sacked for lying over affair". The Times. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
  11. Carey, Alexis (24 July 2019). "How Boris Johnson's affair with Petronella Wyatt nearly ended his career". news.com.au.
  12. Hinsliff, Gaby (14 November 2004). "Boris Johnson sacked by Tories over private life". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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