New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

From poverty to a damehood JOANNA’S RAGS TO RICHES STORY

Wearing a hot-pink ensemble that her alter ego Patsy Stone would have been proud of, Joanna Lumley arrived at Buckingham Palace earlier this month as a beloved actress – and left a Dame!

For the star, who has entertained audiences for decades in everything from The New Avengers to Absolutely Fabulous, the moment was delicious.

“These are things that, as a child being ticked off and having my prefect badge taken away for smoking, something you would never

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