 |  | | | Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George | 13 Jun 2006 | | |
In 1911, David Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, hired a young school teacher called Frances Stevenson to tutor his daughter during the summer holidays. He was 48 and married with 4 children, she was a 22 year-old Classics graduate. Frances went on to become his private secretary and lover, and although she bore a child, he would not leave his wife nor risk his career. They finally married when his wife died in 1943.
John Campbell is the author of a new book about their relationship. Jennifer Longford is Frances Stevenson's daughter. They talk to Jenni about the clandestine affair and reveal the truth about the woman behind one of the most powerful men of the early 20 th century.
If Love Were All...The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George by John Campbell is published by Jonathan Cape. ISBN: 0224074644
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