She and her brother had been evacuated to the United States during the Second World War to live with a friend of her father. She returned to England in 1948 and studied medicine at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School while at the same time studying law.
The passage describes a woman who, during World War II, was evacuated from her home country to the United States to live with a friend of her father's. After returning to England in 1948, she began studying medicine and law simultaneously at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School.