Battle of the River Plate
Her grandfather, Commodore Henry Harwood, was commander of Force G during the pursuit that resulted in the scuttling of the German 'pocket battleship' "Admiral Graf Spee" after the Battle of the River Plate, off Uruguay, during the Second World War (these events were later the basis of the 1956 film "The Battle of the River Plate"). Her brother, Anthony Harwood, as of 2006 was Head of News at the "Daily Mirror", a British newspaper.