A British scientist will collect her damehood for helping to create the Oxford/ AstraZeneca

Harries receives a damehood for services to health in the New Year Honours list. Supply of test kits

She also claimed Home Secretary Priti Patel’s immigration rhetoric as “ ugliest side of the new ‘global Britain’ post-Brexit ”.... ”, prompting another to state: “ Take them off her.” Plenty were concerned by Ms Mantel’s plans to relocate, with one reader saying: “ Off you trot love!... As many of these angry, ill-informed responses show, many of the people who voted for this incompetent government and this xenophobic, disastrous Brexit are embarrassingly ignorant....

.” Speaking about the damehood, James told The Sun: “ I don’t know what to say.... I’m blown away and feel

The chef, baker, writer and TV personality was awarded the special honour of a damehood on

for them not to be getting meals or books." Also honoured were Sheila Hancock, 88, who got a damehood

“ overcome with emotion ” while collecting her damehood. The former Strictly Come Dancing judge

So I’ve got a few things to share with you before I die that I’m gutted I won’t see in real life!... “ For the last 2 years I’ve been working on my second book How to Live when you could be Dead-oh the irony of the title!... I wanted to share all my( hard-won!...

The former prime minister of New Zealand has been made a dame by the Prince of Wales, despite being a republican. Jacinda Ardern, 44, said she was conflicted about accepting the accolade when she was awarded her country’s second-highest honour last year for leading New Zealand through the Covid pandemic.As prime minister, she was outspoken about her views that the country would become a republic within her lifetime, but did not make it a priority of her six years in government.On Wednesday, Prin

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