Diana Jenkins: the refugee who modelled her life on Dynasty

Millionaire banker's wife Diana Jenkins was born Sanela Dijana Catic, and grew up in a small flat in Sarajevo. She called the TV series Dynasty "My blueprint for life," and struck gold when she met her husband in a London gym.

Diana Jenkins, wife of former Barclays star banker Roger Jenkins, has upped sticks and moved to Malibu in protest, she tells Tatler, at being snubbed in Britain as an "eastern European mail-order bride".

Her husband will visit her and his children for just six months of the year. How will he fare without his consigliere and counsellor? And, given the pivotal role she claims to have played in the bank's rescue last year, how will Barclays?

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