Joanna’s joy I’M AN AB FAB DAME!
Jan 16, 2022
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Late last year, a rather formal-looking letter arrived for British actress Joanna Lumley. The 75-year-old feared it was bad news before splicing it open to read the contents. Then, she burst into tears.
Inside the envelope was a letter informing her she was to be given a damehood in the New Year Honours.
“It was an extraordinary shock. I put my head in my hands and sobbed like a baby,” laughs the actress. “Then I thought, ‘How has this happened?
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