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Frankie by Andy’s Side Through the Years | Cork News
Andy Burnham’s rise to Prime Minister brings his quietly influential wife, Marie-France van Heel—aka Frankie—into the spotlight. The couple met in 1989 at Cambridge over a mutual obsession with The Smiths, with Frankie once dubbed “the coolest girl in college.” She even appeared on Cilla Black’s Blind Date in 1992, while Andy watched nervously from behind the sofa—luckily, her date later joined the Conservatives. Born in the Netherlands, Frankie and Andy married in 2000 and have three kids together. A marketing veteran who founded her own firm and worked for major brands, she’s now chief…
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