Uttrang Kaur Khalsa

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Alexandra Uttrang Khalsa
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Aitken speaking at a conference
Born
Alexandra Penelope Aitken

(1980-03-14) 14 March 1980 (age 41)
Lausanne, Switzerland
EducationThe King's School
Alma materCity and Guilds of London Art School (Batchelor in Fine Arts)
Occupation
  • Translator
  • Yoga teacher
  • Poet
Parents

Uttrang Kaur Khalsa (born Alexandra Penelope Aitken; 14 March 1980), also known earlier as Ally or Ale Aitken, is a British model, actress and socialite. She has worked with some of Europe's best fashion and art photographers such as Bob Carlos Clarke and Terry O'Niell. She is a yoga teacher and translates Sikh and Hindu scriptures.

Personal life[]

She is the daughter of former British government Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken, who became The Reverent Jonathan Aitken and Prison Chaplin. Alexandra is the grand-daughter of Penelope, Lady Aitken and Sir William Aitken. Alexandra is the great grand-daughter of John Maffey,1st Baron Rugby, and the great-great niece of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Alexandra is the cousin of super model Jodie Kidd and the niece of the actress and director Maria Aitken. Nigel Davenport best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films A Man for All Seasons and Chariots of Fire is her uncle.

In 2011, she 'married'[note 1] Inderjot Singh, a Sikh warrior she met while travelling in India.[1][2] She now resides near Canterbury. She is a laco-vegetarian and practising Sikh although she has been seen recently in Canterbury Catherdral choir stalls where she has sat regularly since a being a young girl.

In 2010, she became a Sikh. After becoming a Sikh, Aitken adopted the name of Uttrang Kaur Khalsa as part of her religion.[citation needed]

Early life[]

Alexandra Aitken was born on 14 March 1980.[3][4] Upon Aitken's birth in Lausanne, US President Richard Nixon sent flowers to her mother Lolitza. His security team and the Swiss police used the delivery to practice the emergency protocol for escorting an injured Head of State to the hospital, closing roads for the delivery.[5]

She is the 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.[citation needed] She has a twin sister Victoria, a brother William, and a half-sister Petrina Khashoggi. Alexandra attended The King's School, Canterbury, where she acted as a server and school sacresten in Canterbury Cathedral, carrying altar candles. At school she was captain of the netball and hockey teams. Alexandra was on the school athletics team and won medals for sprinting and set Kent records for hurdles. Aitken graduated in fine arts[3] and won the school art prize. She attended The Hampshire School in England and also a school in France which is (at its foundation) a ballet school. Aitken family were political hosts, frequently hosting prayer breakfasts and political think-tank parties at their home in London.[citation needed]

After Aitken's father was sent to prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice, he was declared bankrupt and her mother and sister left the country.[1]

Career[]

Aitken started her modelling career at IMG models who she joined during her first year at art college in London. She worked with fashion and art photographers Bob Carlos Clarke and Terry O’Niell. She later moved to Storm Management, where she appeared on covers. Alexandra Aitken posed in a white T-shirt and white pants for GQ magazine photographed by Willy Camden.GQ called her 'A Rock and Roll Giraffe.'

In 2004, she appeared in the movie Enduring Love.[1][6] and she had two lines in the 2007 film Atonement.[1]

Aitken remained in London and became part of a charitable 'it girl' set alongside Lady Victoria Hervey and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "The astonishing conversion of the Aitken girls". The Independent. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ Soames, Gemma (6 February 2011). "The It girl's big fat Sikh wedding". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "ਸਿੰਘਣੀ ਸਜੀ ਉਤਰੰਗ ਕੌਰ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਅਣਵਿਆਹੀ ਦੱਸਿਆ". Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Alexandra Aitken". The Peerage. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ^ Aitken, Jonathan (2003). Pride and Perjury: An Autobiography. A&C Black. p. 72.
  6. ^ "Enduring Love (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes (Flixster). Retrieved 26 January 2015.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Aitken said in an interview that the marriage wasn't official/recorded.[citation needed]
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