AN UPDATE: 1/02/2011
Jonathan Aitken's daughter Alexandra marries in a turban
by Tom Pettifor, Daily Mirror
The daughter of disgraced former Tory minister Jonathan Aitken has secretly married a Nihang Sikh.
Alexandra Aitken, 30, wore a white turban at her wedding to Inderjot Singh in the Indian holy city of Amritsar, where she was blessed by 150 holy men.
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| Devout: Alexandra visited the Sikh shrine the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, earlier this month |
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| 'I knew I was blindly in love': Alexandra Aitken with husband Inderjot Singh at their wedding |
Her dad, jailed for perjury in 1999 after a failed libel trial, was not at the ceremony.
Alexandra admitted: “When I said, ‘Daddy, I might be wearing a turban the next time you see me’ it was a bit of a shock.
“But my father loves my husband – it’s impossible not to. He’s happy for us.”
Aitken, a favourite of former PM Margaret Thatcher, left prison a born-again Christian.
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| Jonathan Aitken, war correspondent, TV mogul, Tory MP, jailbird - and born-again Christian |
Old Etonian - Jonathan Aitken has made a career out of re-inventing himself, from war correspondent and TV mogul to Tory MP and jailbird — and, last but by no means least, a born-again Christian.
Now his daughter Alexandra, twin sister of rap artist Victoria, has given herself a new identity. The one-time party girl and budding actress has changed her name and her lifestyle.
She is now known by the Sikh name Harvinder Kaur Khalsa after embracing eastern spirituality.
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| From socialite to Sikh: Miss Aitken at a premiere and a charity function before her conversion. |
Harvinder Kaur is passionate about teaching Kundalini Yoga.
Her purpose is to share all the happiness, healing and peace she can.
Her new moniker — Kaur means princess in Punjabi — comes after Alexandra, 29, whose father is the nephew of the great newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook, abandoned the bustling London social scene two years ago to move to California, where she began studying yoga. She later became a teacher of the art at a retreat in Los Angeles. Jonathan Aitken, war correspondent, TV mogul, Tory MP, jailbird - and born-again Christian
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| Alexandra Aitken-Harvinder Kaur. She has changed her name and her lifestyle |
Her photograph appears on the website of Yoga West, the centre in LA where she teaches, together with the pictures of other turbaned professional yogis. Says one Sikh: ‘The name Khalsa means you are a baptised Sikh, so she probably had a baptism ceremony.’
The American move has had a profound effect on Ally — as her friends and family still know her. She has often said she would not enjoy a return to her previous life, claiming that her role as a yogi was always to be her ‘destiny’.
But while no doubt concentrating on her newfound spiritual career, it appears that pretty Alexandra’s relocation has brought dividends to her romantic life.
For she has found love with the strapping Inderjot Singh, whom she is said to have met inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holy Sikh shrine, on one of her spiritual yoga voyages to India.
Only last week the couple announced they are to marry this month, with their nuptials spread out over two lavish weddings — one in India and one in Britain.
‘The announcement of the wedding has been a little bit of a surprise, to say the least,’ a family friend tells us.
‘But all of Ally’s friends are thrilled for both her and Inderjot, since they are such a close and happy couple. The Aitken family simply cannot wait for the special occasion. With two weddings, there’ll be two lots of celebrations and plenty of cheer.’
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