Childhood and Education
Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Khan's early life was spent with her mother and her half sister, Rebecca Welles (daughter of Hayworth's marriage to Orson Welles). Her half-brothers are His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and Prince Amyn Aga Khan.
She attended Buxton School (a small boarding school in Massachusetts) and l'Ecole Internationale de Genève. In 1973 she graduated from Bennington College in the United States and was originally interested in operatic singing.
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