The daughter of Duncan Sandys through his second marriage to Marie-Claire (n??e Schmitt), Sandys was born on 5 June 1964[2] and christened on 17 July 1964 in the Crypt Chapel of the Palace of Westminster.[3] Her father was a member of parliament, and later a life peer, who served as Defence Secretary in Harold Macmillan's government and was also the son-in-law of Winston Churchill (through his fir