10 Facts About Catherine Mayer

Catherine Mayer was born on 24 January 1961 and is an American-born British author and journalist, and the co-founder and President of the former Women's Equality Party in the UK.

Catherine Mayer was president of the Foreign Press Association in London from June 2003 until June 2005.

Catherine Mayer worked at Time magazine from 2004 to April 2015, serving as Times Editor at Large, Europe Editor, London Bureau Chief and Senior Editor.

Catherine Mayer began legal action against Time in July 2017 on the grounds of age and gender discrimination.

In 2011 Catherine Mayer wrote Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly about the pros and cons of people living longer.

Catherine Mayer's 2015 biography of Prince Charles, published in the UK as Charles: The Heart of a King and in the US as Born to Be King, generated worldwide headlines with its claims of dysfunction in the royal courts.

Catherine Mayer co-founded the Women's Equality Party with Sandi Toksvig in March 2015 and is its President.

Catherine Mayer stood as the lead candidate for the party in the 2019 European Elections in London.

Catherine Mayer co-founded the Primadonna Festival in 2019, a festival of ideas, writing, music and comedy at Laffitt's Hall in Pettaugh, Suffolk, aiming to give prominence to women and to new voices.

Catherine Mayer was married to the musician Andy Gill of Gang of Four, from 1999 until his death in February 2020.