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.
She and her brother were relocated to the United States during World War II to reside with a friend of their father. She returned to England in 1948 to pursue both medicine and law studies at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School.