[1] Monica Hubert was born at 6 Maitland Villas, Chalk Farm, in the St Pancras Borough, London, on 31 May 1933.

Monica was brought up in England which was her mother's country whilst her father worked as the Swiss consul in Britain, New York and Australia.

After following her husband to Africa where he was serving his national service in Algeria, Monica Charlot decided to obtain French qualifications for her teaching skills.

[1] From 1984 to 1991 she was in Oxford directing Maison française d'Oxford which was a French institution that was targeting cultural exchange with Britain.

[1] Charlot was well qualified for this role as she had previously served on a trans-national political body created by Edward Heath and Georges Pompidou.