...Dame TWIGGY!
Alongside such luminaries as Companion of Honour Margaret Atwood; Sir Michael Palin (former member of Monty Python and natural history documentary maker), Sir Bill Beaumont (former England Rugby captain and broadcaster), Sir John Redwood MP, Sir Philip Pullman (author, His Dark Materials) and Sir Alastair Cook (former England cricket captain); Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) film director Christopher Nolan, violinist Nicola Benedetti, musician Nitin Sawhney, author of The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson and TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham; Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) actor Jim Carter ("Carson" in Downton Abbey),England football manager Gareth Southgate, cyclist and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas and actress Thandie Newton; Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) England footballer Harry Kane, guitarist Gordon Giltrap, pop singer and vocal coach David Grant and professional darts player John Lowe; in a list of 1,148 people in HM The Queen's New Year's Honours list, the former Miss Lesley Hornby becomes a DBE for services to fashion, the arts and charity.
Congratulations, every one. And here's the Dame herself...
S'wonderful, indeed!
'Dame Scarlet' has a pleasant ring to it, maybe next year.
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My damehood was lost in the post as well... Jx
Delete.So the Postmaster-General wont be getting a bloody gong!
DeleteNot if he closes any more of our neighbourhood post offices! Jx
DeleteI wanted to be just like twiggy in the 60s! well done, dame!
ReplyDeleteWe all wish we were young and sylph-like, sweetie. Time's a terrible thing. Jx
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