Beatrix Miller

Beatrix Molineux Miller, CBE (29 June 1923 – 21 February 2014) was a British fashion and cultural magazine editor.

[1] Her father was a doctor and her mother was a nurse; they had met on the Western Front during World War I.

[3] At the age of 15, she was evacuated to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she lived with an uncle and aunt for the duration of World War II.

[3] In 1958, The Queen was bought by Jocelyn Stevens and Miller was invited to return to the magazine as editor.

[4] She changed the renamed Queen into a magazine for young women rather than one aimed at the older, traditional socialite.

[6] After her retirement, Miller, Terence Conran and Jean Muir set up a think tank to serve as a link between the government and the fashion industry.