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| 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. | |||
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Petronella Wyatt (born 1969, London) is a British journalist and author. She is the daughter of the late Labour MP and writer Lord Wyatt and a Hungarian baroness.
Education
She attended St Paul's School in London before reading History at Worcester College, Oxford and University College, London.
Career
She has been a weekly columnist for the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator, of which she was deputy editor. She currently writes political interviews and main feature articles for the Daily Mail. Her interviewees have included Margaret Thatcher, John Major, William Hague and Gordon Brown.
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.
Television appearances include Question Time and Newsnight.
Publications
- Father, dear Father: Life with Woodrow Wyatt (Hutchinson, London) ISBN 0-09-929760-4