Dame Vera Lynn honoured in Queen's Birthday Honours

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Jun 2016, 23:55 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:54 BST
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Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has joined the elite Companions of Honour in recognition of her services to entertainment and charity in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

The Companions of Honour is awarded for service of conspicuous national importance and is limited to 65 people. Recipients wear the initials CH after their name.

Dame Vera, who is nine years older than the Queen and was a close friend and favourite of the Queen Mother, chose to mark her 99th year recently with a small, private gathering at her home in Ditchling.

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