▁while ▁her ▁father ' s ▁family ▁were , ▁she ▁said , ▁" very ▁English ", ▁although ▁they ▁had ▁come ▁from ▁Germany . ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁Wil mers ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁book , ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁as ▁The ▁E iting ons : ▁A ▁Tw enti eth ▁Century ▁Story , ▁rec ount ing ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁Russian ▁relations , ▁including ▁the ▁ps y cho anal yst ▁Max ▁E iting on , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁her ▁grand father ' s ▁cousin ▁Leon id ▁E iting on , ▁an ▁agent ▁in ▁Joseph ▁St alin ' s ▁NK VD ▁who ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁master m inding ▁the ▁assass ination ▁of ▁Leon ▁T rot sky . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁Wil mers ' ▁parents ▁moved ▁to ▁Europe , ▁sp ending ▁time ▁in ▁London , ▁Portugal , ▁Belg ium , ▁and ▁Switzerland . ▁Her ▁father ▁Charles ▁Wil mers ▁was ▁President ▁of ▁Sof ina , ▁a ▁Belg ian ▁mult in ational ▁util ities ▁holding ▁company . ▁Wil mers ▁was ▁educated ▁in ▁Br uss els ▁and ▁at ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁England . ▁She ▁said ▁that ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁she ▁was ▁happ ier ▁speaking ▁French ▁than ▁English . ▁Her ▁brother ▁Robert ▁G . ▁Wil mers ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁billion aire ▁and ▁chairman ▁of ▁M & T ▁Bank ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁At ▁Oxford , ▁where ▁Wil mers ▁read ▁modern ▁languages ▁at ▁St ▁Hugh ' s ▁College ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁she