Christine Hamilton
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| Born | November 10, 1949 England |
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| Occupation | Secretary, media personality, speaker |
Christine Hamilton (born Mary Christine Holman, November 10, 1949) is an English secretary and lately a television personality and author, and the wife of former MP Neil Hamilton.
She is most famous for her defence of the allegations of corruption and 'cash for questions' made against her husband whilst he was an MP. The failure of their attempt to sue Mohammed Fayed led to the former MP going bankrupt.
After many years working as secretary to various MPs, first Wilfred Proudfoot, then Gerald Nabarro and latterly her husband – she came to wider public attention when she confronted her husband's opponent Martin Bell on Knutsford Heath during the 1997 general election campaign. After the election the Hamiltons appeared together on Have I Got News For You, an appearance that established her as a chat-show personality and she subsequently appeared on myriad programmes including "reality television" programme, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2002. In 1999, she had made the front-page of The Sun when she was snapped kissing Young Conservative Will Goodhand at an Oxford University Conservative Association dinner.
Along with her husband, Hamilton was arrested in May 2001 by police investigating an alleged rape that was quickly found to be entirely false. Their accuser, Nadine Milroy-Sloan, was later imprisoned for attempting to pervert the course of justice. The Police made a full apology.
Her autobiography (ISBN 1-86105-670-2) 'For Better Or Worse' was published in 2005. Daily Mail columnist Lynda Lee Potter said of her:
- "With more women like her Britain would never have lost the Empire." She has also published a book entitled 'The bumper book of British Battleaxes'. She also writes many articles for various newspapers and magazines
In 2005 Christine became the face of British Sausage Week, touring the UK in a quest to promote the ever popular British banger. Christine with her husband have had a very popular show at the Edinburgh festival in recent years. She is renowned for her after-dinner speeches which she gives to audiences varying from business groups to luncheon groups
