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- Birth nameCaterina Irene Elena Maria Imperiali de Principi di Francavilla
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Katie was born in Florence, Italy, the daughter of an Italian Marquis and a Yorkshire born mother and came to England when 19 and married Viscount Boyle when 20. She was buying hats when she met Beverly Nicholls, who was writing a story on buying hats. He asked her to model for him and she started her career. She lived down the fact that she was a Marchesa and a lady and became accepted for herself and never advertises anything she doesn't use herself. She married a second time on August 26 1955 to Lloyds underwriter Greville Bayliss who was born in 1920 and died February1976 of a massive coronary, She then married Peter Saunders in 1980, he died February 6th 2006- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpousesPeter Saunders(1980 - February 6, 2003) (his death)Greville Pollard Bayliss(August 1955 - 1976) (his death)Richard Bentinck Boyle(September 17, 1947 - 1955) (divorced)
- She was born in a Florentine palace that had once belonged to the Italian royal family.
- She is perhaps best remembered as the multilingual presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest for four years, as well as for her frequent appearances on TV panel shows.
- Was a model for Vogue Magazine.
- Was thrown out of four of the six schools she attended in Italy and Switzerland.
- Owned Yorkshire terriers and was a committee member of Battersea Dogs Home for more than 25 years.
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