life peerage in the 2020 Political Honours and was created Baroness Fleet on 15 September. She made her maiden speech on 26 May 2021. Personal life Veronica Wadley has been married to the investigative journalist Tom Bower since 1985. The couple have two children, a boy and a girl. She also has two stepsons from her husband's first marriage. Notes and references External links "The Standard Bearer", interview in The Guardian, 7 June 2004 1952 births Living people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Conservative Party (UK) life peers Daily Mail journalists English newspaper editors London Evening Standard people People educated at Benenden School People educated at Francis Holland School Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II