14 Facts About Ann Leslie

Dame Ann Elizabeth Mary Leslie, DBE was a British journalist who wrote for the Daily Mail.

Ann Leslie was born on 28 January 1941, in Rawalpindi, British India, where she spent her early years, attending an English-language school and "witnessed the killing trains of Partition".

Ann Leslie went on, two years later, to attend Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Ann Leslie interviewed major film stars, entertainers, and political figures, and reported on numerous wars, civil conflicts and political stories in around 70 countries.

Ann Leslie was a regular current affairs panellist on the BBC, Sky News, and international broadcasting organisations.

Ann Leslie was interviewed in the 2012 documentary The Diamond Queen about Queen Elizabeth II.

Ann Leslie made secret interviews in Iran and North Korea.

Ann Leslie called them Avon ladies; only interested in make-up.

Ann Leslie's memoir, Killing My Own Snakes, was published in 2008.

In 1969, Ann Leslie married Michael Fletcher, and they had a daughter.

Ann Leslie won nine British Press Awards and won two Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Ann Leslie was created a DBE on 30 December 2006, for "Services to Journalism".

In 2012, Leslie won the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism Award at the eighth annual International Media Awards in London on 5 May 2012.

Ann Leslie was recognised as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.