Woman & Home

The King CHANGED our lives

‘IT SOWED A SEED OF HOPE – MY DREAMS COULD COME TRUE’

Freya Rose Archer, 42, is an award-winning shoe and jewellery designer. She lives near Portsmouth with husband Matthew and children Johnnie, 12, and Willow, four. She is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women initiative.

I don’t think anyone could ever have predicted that I would grow up to run a successful company, be happily married with two beautiful kids, and work as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust. The odds were stacked against me.

I had a pretty turbulent childhood. My parents split up when I was little and my mum was on her own with three kids, struggling

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