 It was here that she met her second husband, Air Commodore Harald Peake (later Sir Harald Peake), then director of RAF public relations and later chairman of Lloyds Bank and the Steel Company of Wales, whom she married in 1952.During her time at the Air Ministry, Peake forged lasting friendships with many of the most senior RAF officers – friendships that she used to great effect in retirement when furthering the interests of the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF church of St Clement Danes and the Imperial War Museum.In 1943, she became deputy WAAF administration staff officer at Bomber Command.