Clare Armstrong comes from a French family background. William Armstrong comes from Irish ancestry and is a one-time director of the publishing company Sidgwick & Jackson. They were all so embarrassing.”ĭido is the daughter of William O’Malley Armstrong (1938-2006) and Clare Armstrong (nee Collins). To give your child a whole lot of odd names. “Florian is a German man’s name,” she points out. As much as her birthdate bothers her, Dido’s name troubles her even more. Dido later adopts 25 June as her ‘official’ birthday to make up for sharing her natural birthdate with the general Christmas celebrations. The person who will come to be known as Dido is born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1971 at St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, England. ![]() It may sound unlikely, but it’s not an invented stage-name. ![]() ‘Dido’ is pronounced like a combination of ‘die’ and ‘dough’. That’s a constant source of fascination for me.” There are many such moments in the life of this British singer. ![]() “You know”, confides Dido, “One teeny little thing can change the whole course of your life. “I just want to feel / Safe in my own skin / I just want to be / Happy again / I just want to feel / Deep in my own world” – ‘Honestly OK’ (Dido Armstrong, Matty Benbrook, Rollo Armstrong)
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