{{short description|British businesswoman}} {{about|the English businesswoman|the Irish nun|Katherine Butler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Notability|Biographies|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Katharine Butler | image = KatharineButler1121.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967|11}} | birth_place = London, England | parents = Sir Michael Butler<br />Ann Clyde | spouse = Sebastian Pawlowski (divorced) | partner = Kyril, Prince of Preslav | children = 1 | other_names = | education = Edinburgh University | alma_mater = | occupation = Businesswoman, art historian | years_active = }} '''Katharine Jibba Butler''' (born November 1967) is a British businesswoman and art historian.
== Early life == Butler was born in London in November 1967. She is the daughter of British diplomat Sir Michael Butler and Ann Clyde, the daughter of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde.<ref name= revist>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/articulos/novia-kyril-bulgaria-katharine-butler-familia-padre-vida-empresa-londres/40177|title=La fascinante vida de Katharine Butler, mucho más que la novia de Kyril de Bulgaria: hablamos con ella sobre su familia y su último proyecto|date=August 27, 2019|website=vf}}</ref> Through her mother she is also a great-granddaughter of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde and Peter Wallwork Latham. She grew up in Geneva, New York City, and Brussels.<ref name= revist/> Her parents separated in 1997.<ref name= revist/>
== Career == Butler studied art history at the University of Edinburgh.<ref name= revist/> She operated retail and importing businesses in the Czech Republic, including Sparkys, a chain of toyshops including a multi-story toy store in Prague. She also founded and ran a distribution company including baby products Chicco from Italy and own brand Loap's clothing. In 2015 she sold her businesses for 15 million euros.<ref name= revist/>
She later developed Freebike, a bike rental company based in London, with her brother, Charles.<ref name= revist/> She has also been working alongside Charles to reopen a museum including her father's Chinese porcelain collection.<ref name= ukpost>{{Cite web|url=http://ukpost.org/entertainment/katharine-butler-empresaria-hija-de-politico-y-nueva-novia-de-kyril-de-bulgaria|title=Katharine Butler, businesswoman, daughter of politician and new girlfriend of Bulgaria's Kyril|website=ukpost.org|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216052808/https://ukpost.org/entertainment/katharine-butler-empresaria-hija-de-politico-y-nueva-novia-de-kyril-de-bulgaria|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021 Katharine published a book [https://www.leapingthedragongate.com/product/leaping-the-dragon-gate/ "Leaping The Dragon Gate"]. This book celebrates the most important collection of 17th-century Chinese porcelain in the world, assembled by her father, the distinguished Sir Michael Butler.
== Personal life == Butler was married to Swiss businessman Sebastian Pawlowski. They later divorced. She and Pawlowski have one son.<ref name= revist/><ref name= ukpost/>
She lives in Waterston Manor, a 17th-century country house in Puddletown, Dorset.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/out-about/places/open-day-at-waterston-manor-with-a-ming-vase-treasure-hunt-1-4600247|title=Open day at Waterston Manor with a 'Ming Vase' treasure hunt|website=Dorset}}</ref>
In 2017 Butler began a relationship with Kyril, Prince of Preslav (the second son of Simeon II of Bulgaria), who is separated from his wife, Rosario, Princess of Preslav.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/sociedad/2019/11/19/katharine-butler-novia-kyril-bulgaria/1465040.html|title=Katharine Butler, novia de Kyril de Bulgaria, habla sobre su relación con Mallorca|first=Diario de|last=Mallorca|website=www.diariodemallorca.es|date=19 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/realeza/articulos/principe-kyril-de-bulgaria-mallorquin-de-verano-nueva-novia/39754|title=El príncipe Kyril de Bulgaria recibe el premio 'Mallorquín de Verano' y presenta a su nueva novia|date=August 3, 2019|website=vf}}</ref>
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