Strictly star Darcey Bussell made a dame as she joins Sir Paul McCartney to collect gongs from the Queen
STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell hotfooted it to Buckingham Palace to be made a dame — and got some musical accompaniment from Sir Paul McCartney.
The Beatles legend was made a Companion of Honour by The Queen for services to music.
Yesterday, he said: “I see this as a huge honour for me and my family and I think of how proud my Liverpool mum and dad would have been to see this.”
Sir Paul, 75, was joined by wife-of-seven-years Nancy Shevell, 58, and wore a tailored navy double-breasted suit, created by his fashion designer daughter Stella McCartney, 46.
But Dame Darcey, 49, was more eye-catching in a bright floral dress as she was given her damehood for services to dance.
Before joining the Strictly panel in 2012, she was one of Britain’s top ballerinas in the Royal Ballet.
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She compared it to the feeling of getting married and revealed she’d asked the Prince of Wales and Camilla to join the Strictly audience.
Dame Darcey also responded to the suggestion Prince Harry might make a good Strictly contestant.
She said: “I would love to see Harry. I think he would try everything. He’d probably be great on Strictly, wouldn’t he? He would be fantastic.”
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