12 Facts About Henrietta Moraes

Henrietta Moraes left her first husband, Michael Law, and married actor Norman Bowler, with whom she had two children.

Henrietta Moraes was born Audrey Wendy Abbott in Simla, British India, where her father was stationed in the Indian Air Force.

Henrietta Moraes's father deserted her mother when Audrey was young, and she was raised harshly by a tyrannical, abusive grandmother in England.

Henrietta Moraes was notoriously free-spirited and led a generally hedonistic lifestyle.

Henrietta Moraes reportedly consumed every drug except heroin, and lost the Chelsea house that John Minton had left to her after his death in 1957.

Guinness heiress Caroline Blackwood discreetly paid school fees for Moraes's two children during her most untethered years, but Henrietta was not told about it.

Henrietta Moraes started to write about her life in the book Henrietta, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1994, and was working on a follow-up at the time of her death.

Henrietta Moraes was diagnosed with diabetes soon after becoming a keen gardener in West London.

Henrietta Moraes died in London in 1999 at the age of 67 in her bed while on the phone to her doctor, bequeathing her long-haired dachshund dog Max to Hambling.

Henrietta Moraes left only a handful of possessions and a large pile of unpaid bills.

Henrietta Moraes's coffin was hand-made by her friend Sir Mark Palmer.

Henrietta Moraes had spent time with Palmer in the early 1970s in his "cavalcade of horse-drawn caravans" as part of an aristocratic early group of New Age travellers.