Kate WILLIAMS
Kate studied her BA at Somerville College, Oxford, her MA at Queen Mary, University of London and her DPhil at Oxford. Her first book, England's Mistress: the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton (2006) was 'Book of the Week' on Radio 4, shortlisted for the Marsh/ English Speaking Union Biography Prize, and a Book of the Year in the Times and Independent.. England’s Mistress is being developed for film by Picture Palace,.
Kate appears regularly on Radio 4 and television, including ‘Woman’s Hour’, ‘Broadcasting House’ and ‘Richard and Judy’ and gives lectures to societies, events and dinners regularly in England and Europe. Her ‘Camilla’s Family Secrets: Edward VII and his mistresses’ was shown on Channel 5 and the History Channel in July and she is developing further TV projects.