Emily Julia Sheffield was born on 11 April 1973 and is a British journalist.
15 Facts About Emily Sheffield
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Emily Sheffield was the editor of the Evening Standard from July 2020 until October 2021.
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Emily Sheffield was a director of Indian fashion website and retailer Koovs from 2014 until the end of 2019 when it collapsed.
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Emily Sheffield was born in 1973 at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London, the daughter of Sir Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet, and Annabel Jones.
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Emily Sheffield's parents divorced in 1974, and in 1976, her mother married William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor, and became Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor, with whom she had three more children.
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Emily Sheffield's father had three more children by his second wife, Victoria Penelope Walker.
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Emily Sheffield was expelled from Marlborough College after police raided the school and found cannabis in her dormitory.
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Emily Sheffield attended the University of East Anglia where she studied English, and in 1995 won the Student Journalist of the Year.
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Emily Sheffield was deputy editor for 12 years, but was made redundant in 2017 after Edward Enninful took over from long-standing editor Alexandra Shulman, as part of what was called a "posh girl exodus".
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Emily Sheffield joined the board of Koovs, the Indian fashion website and retailer, in 2014.
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Emily Sheffield is a co-founder of Future News Innovation, of which she will remain the director.
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In June 2020, it was announced that Emily Sheffield, who had been a columnist on the Evening Standard since 2018, would succeed George Osborne as editor on 1 July, when Osborne became editor-in-chief.
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Emily Sheffield left the post in October 2021, although she will continue to write a column for the newspaper.
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In 2022, Emily Sheffield became a regular panellist on The News Desk with Tom Newton Dunn, and guest co-hosted Piers Morgan Uncensored, on TalkTV.
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Emily Sheffield had thought it would only be seen by a few friends, but it was shared and liked by thousands.