Helena Bonham Carter family tree: Who is The Crown's Princess Margaret actress related to?

Who is Helena Bonham Carter related to?

The star, who was born in London, is the daughter of Raymond Bonham Carter – a British banker who came from a well-known political background.

He represented the Bank of England during the 1960s, as part of the International Monetary Fund organisation.

Her mother, Elena, is a psychotherapist and she is of Jewish background. Elena’s father, Eduardo Propper de Callejón, who is Bonham Carter’s maternal grandfather, was a Spanish diplomat who was known to have helped thousands of Jews escape from France during the Second World War.

Her mother, and Bonham Carter’s maternal grandmother, was a painter called Baroness Hélène Fould-Springer.

Bonham Carter’s paternal grandmother was Violet Bonham Carter, a feminist and politician who was the daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith – the Prime Minister of the UK during the start of the First World War.