1. Ffion Llywelyn Hague, Baroness Hague of Richmond, is a Welsh broadcaster, author, former civil servant, and wife of Conservative politician William Hague.
13 Facts About Ffion Hague
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Ffion Hague is the younger sister of Manon Antoniazzi, who served as the assistant private secretary to Prince Charles and is Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd.
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Ffion Hague is the daughter of Emyr and Myra Jenkins.
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Ffion Hague's father was a television presenter, director of the Eisteddfod, and the chief executive of the Arts Council of Wales.
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Ffion Hague attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a Welsh-language comprehensive school in Cardiff, and went on to study English at Jesus College, Oxford.
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Ffion Hague played the clarinet in the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and sang in the National Youth Choir of Wales.
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Ffion Hague was a director of the Outward Bound Trust from 1 April 2009 until 7 December 2012.
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Ffion Hague was a director of Hanson Green, an executive recruitment firm from 11 December 2003, until it merged with Directorbank on 1 February 2008.
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Ffion Hague is a published author best known for her biography of David Lloyd George, entitled The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George's Life.
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Ffion Hague has presented programmes for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4.
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Ffion Hague met William Hague in 1995, when she became his private secretary at the Welsh Office.
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William Ffion Hague disclosed in September 2010 that she had suffered a number of miscarriages as they tried to start a family.
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Ffion Hague was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2024 Birthday Honours 'for Public Service and to Business'.