Sao Sanda
| Princess Sao Sanda | |||||
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| Princess of Yawnghwe | |||||
Sanda, c. 1934 | |||||
| Born | 20 October 1928 Yawnghwe | ||||
| Spouse | Peter Simms | ||||
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| House | Yawnghwe | ||||
| Father | Sao Shwe Thaik | ||||
| Mother | Sao Nang Mya Sanda | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge (MA, BA) | ||||
Princess Sao Sanda (Burmese: စဝ်စန္ဒာ, also known as Sao Nang Mya Sanda, (စောနန်းမြစန္ဒာ) and Sanda Simms; born 20 October 1928) is the last princess of Yawnghwe, a now disestablished Shan state in present-day Myanmar. She is the eldest daughter of the last Saopha of Yawnghwe Sao Shwe Thaik by his consort Sao Nang Sanda. A journalist at Reuters, she coauthored several books with her husband Peter Simms. Her 2008 book The Moon Princess: Memories of the Shan States chronicles a turbulent period in Burma's history, providing both her life story and a chronicle of her father, the first president of the Union of Burma after its independence.