Petronella Wyatt (born 1969, London) is a British journalist and author. She is the daughter of the late Labour MP and writer Lord Wyatt and a Hungarian baroness. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford (July 4, 1918 – December 7, 1997), was a British Labour politician, published author, journalist and broadcaster. ...

Education

She attended St Paul's School in London before reading History at Worcester College, Oxford and University College, London. College name Worcester College Collegium Vigorniense Named after Sir Thomas Cookes, Worcestershire Established 1714 Sister College St Catharines College Provost Richard Smethurst JCR President Minesh Tanna Undergraduates 408 MCR President Tom Marshall Graduates 167 Homepage Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in... The Front Quad University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ...

Career

She has been a weekly columnist for the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator, of which she was deputy editor. She currently writes political interviews and main feature articles for the Daily Mail. Her interviewees have included Margaret Thatcher, John Major, William Hague and Gordon Brown. This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... Cover of the Nov 12, 2005 issue of The Spectator magazine. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, a tabloid, first published in 1896. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born 13 October 1925), is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH, PC (born 29 March 1943) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. ... William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

It was alleged that she had had an affair with Boris Johnson, fellow journalist on Spectator and politician, and that she got pregnant and underwent an abortion when Johnson refused to leave his wife for her. Her father's diaries, published after his death, mentioned that Archbishop of Canterbury once stared at his daughter Petronella's bosom for a long moment. Woodrow Wyatt's critics targeted her father's attempt to get her entry into an Oxford College as a misuse of political influence.

Television appearances include Question Time and Newsnight. Question Time is a section of proceedings in the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and several other countries which use the Westminster system, including Australia and New Zealand, and in Canada, where it is called Question Period. ... Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22:30 and 23:20 on weekdays on BBC Two. ...

Publications

• Father, dear Father: Life with Woodrow Wyatt (Hutchinson, London) ISBN 0-09-929760-4