Seagram was born into a wealthy Canadian distilling family. Her father, Philip Frowde Seagram, was a captain in the
48th Highlanders of Canada and, when he was killed on 8 March 1941, became the first officer of that regiment to be killed in action in
World War II. Her mother, Martha Elizabeth Telfer, died two and a half months after Sandra's father was killed. Her paternal grandfather was
Edward F. Seagram, son of
Joseph E. Seagram, the founder of
Seagram's distillery. After her parents' deaths, she was raised by her paternal uncle Campbell Seagram. Her mother and grandmother had been presented before her. She curtsied to
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother – deputizing for an ill
Queen Elizabeth II – and
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at
Buckingham Palace. She was one of 1,400 debutantes presented that
season. In 1959, Seagram married Italian Eugenio Annovazzi and settled in Rome. They have two children. ==References==