She appeared on the cover of British Airways High Life magazine in 2017 alongside Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Ed Stafford (her husband) and Tim Peake and was referred to as "The Adventurer".

[1] Laura Bingham was born and brought up in the English countryside and is the youngest of four sisters.

[2] She attended Westgate secondary school and then Peter Symonds College in Winchester, her home town.

Having then earned enough money to return to Britain, in May 2014 Bingham opted out of flying home and instead chose to sail the Atlantic as part of a crew (two men and a cat called Cuba) for a 38 ft Trimaran which took 2 months.

[8] Bingham lived in Leicestershire, England with her husband and fellow explorer, Ed Stafford.