Anna Keay was educated at Bedales School; "on">Magdalen College, Oxford and London University. For seven years she was Assistant Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, responsible for Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and the Banqueting House, Whitehall. She co-presented The Buildings That Made Britain for Channel 5 and is a regular contributor to BBC coverage of state occasions. She is currently Properties Presentation Director at English Heritage, and lives in London and Norfolk.