O
n the face of it, they could not be more different - tousled, performatively chaotic Boris Johnson and the elegant European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen - her hair regally coiffed into a style of elaborate flicks and maximum root lift (think Margaret Thatcher with a hint of the late Princess Diana’s glossiness).
But their life stories have more similarities than are immediately apparent. The relationship between von der Leyen, or VDL as her staff call her, and Johnson could determine our future after Brexit. So who is she and how does she get on with our Prime Minister?