As the wife of President Edvard Benes, Hana Bensova was effectively the First Lady of the ethnically diverse Czechoslovak community in exile in Britain from 1938‒1945. Yet whilst her husband published copious male-dominated political memoirs, Hana, the smart, demure and frequently photographed public figure, remains an enigma. This paper will illuminate some aspects of her life within a socio-political context, focusing in particular on WWII.