As for Williams herself, not long after receiving the prize, she emigrated to the United States and began slowly distancing herself from the struggle for peace in Northern Ireland, not wanting her children to constantly live under her shadow. In the US she has started a new life and a second marriage.
至於威廉斯本人，獲獎之後不久即以「不想讓孩子時時活在我的陰影下」為由移居美國，逐漸遠離北愛的和平戰場，並且在美國展開新人生與第二段婚姻。