Dido Armstrong was born in London (England) on Christmas day in 1971; she was christened Dido Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong. Dido lived with her poet mother and publisher father in London. One day she looked up the story of her nickname. "I thought it was strange that I was called after a woman who killed herself in ancient literature. It's great for me now but there's no denying that I hated it.
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