Ms. May could not curb arrivals from inside the European Union, who are legally entitled to settle in Britain. When the European Union referendum was called, it was touch-and-go whether she would campaign for or against membership. At one of the association’s gatherings, a fellow student — Benazir Bhutto, the future prime minister of Pakistan — introduced her to the man she would marry, Philip May. VideoBorn in 1956, Ms. May grew up mainly in Oxfordshire, an only child who was first drawn to the Conservative Party at age 12. Instead, he became deputy prime minister without a departmental brief, setting Ms. May on her way.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2016 11:58 UTC