Alexandra Aitken

Uttrang Kaur Khalsa (born Alexandra Aitken on 14 June 1980), also known earlier as Ally Aitken, is a British citizen and an environmental campaigner, model, actress, artist and socialite. She is the daughter of former British government Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken. She is the great granddaughter of John Maffey,1st Baron Rugby. She is a great-great niece of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Her birth was marked by President Richard Nixon's security team closing the roads to practice emergency presidential protocol to deliver flowers to the hospital to give to Alexandra, her twin Victoria and her mother Lolitza. As a model she has appeared in GQ magazine, Vogue, Tatler, Vanity Fair and many other publications. As an actress she had lead roles in West End plays and Off West End plays. In film she worked alongside directors such as Mike Figgis and Roger Michell. In 2010, she became a Sikh. Her primary reason for becoming Sikh, she was quoted saying, is that "It includes the most views." She became a Sikh adopting the name of Uttrang Kaur Khalsa as part of her religion. Khalsa means "pure".

As a writer she has had articles published in The Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and Tatler.

Early life

Alexandra Aitken was born on 14 June 1980.[1][2] She is daughter of former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and former British government Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken and his first wife Lolicia Aitken.[3] She has a twin sister Victoria, a brother William and a half-sister Petrina Khashoggi. Her relation to Khashoggi was revealed in 1998 through a DNA test.[3] Aitken went to The King's School, Canterbury where she acted as a server and school sacresten in Canterbury Cathedral carrying altar candles. She graduated in fine arts.[1] She had a well-educated upbringing and her family were well known a political hosts frequently hosting prayer breakfasts and political think tank parties in their home in London ( 8 Lord North Street, which Winston Churchill also once lived in). This ended when her father was convicted of perjury in 1999. Aitken family's property was sold to pay the legal fees. Lolicia and Victoria Aitken moved to Switzerland and US, respectively. Alexandra Aitken remained in London and became a socialite. In 2002, she posed for GQ magazine along with her half sister Khashoggi. In 2004, she appeared in the movie Enduring Love.[4][5] Later, she moved to Hollywood.

References

  1. 1 2 "ਸਿੰਘਣੀ ਸਜੀ ਉਤਰੰਗ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਅਣਵਿਆਹੀ ਦੱਸਿਆ". Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Alexandra Aitken". The Peerage. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kelly, Tom (2 June 2011). "It's hard living with the stigma of being Jonathan Aitken's love child, says Petrina Khashoggi". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "The astonishing conversion of the Aitken girls". The Independent. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Enduring Love (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes (Flixster). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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