Now she devotes herself to worship as a nun at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut By Neil Sears PUBLISHED: 17:41 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 20:19 EST, 30 April 2012 High life: Laura Adshead at a charity event at Tiffany's in New York in 2003 before she turned to the convent Standing in her pearls on the diamond floor at Tiffany’s, Laura Adshead looks every inch the socialite. Given her privileged upbringing, it certainly wouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that the high-flyer, educated at Oxford and Cheltenham Ladies’ College, was once the girlfriend of David Cameron.
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She dated Cameron in the 1990s while working at Conservative Party HQ
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Now she devotes herself to worship as a nun at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut
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She turned to God after she became overwhelmed by problems with substance abuse
She said: ‘I did think my life would progress on the normal tracks of meeting someone, marrying, having children, but that’s not the path that @placeholder has led me.’