Jean Dawnay

Jean Mary Dawnay, Princess George Galitzine MBE (22 March 1925 – 14 December 2016) was a British fashion model, television personality, stage and film actress, who worked for Christian Dior.

Having joined the WAAF in 1943, she served in World War II under Leo Marks in the Special Operations Executive in Baker Street and at Bletchley Park.

[3] She was associated with many of the leading fashion houses of the day including Christian Dior, by whom she was dubbed "The English Rose".

[2] In later life, Dawnay was active in charity work, including UK Youth (for which she served as a vice president for 60 years), the Prince George Galitzine Library which she co-founded in 1994 in St Petersburg, the Terence Rattigan Society of which she was the inaugural president and Phab.

[2] She was appointed MBE, for services to young people, in the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours (as Jean Mary Galitzine).