Overview
- The 77-year-old received the honour for services to music and charity during an investiture at Windsor Castle.
- She recounted that the King quietly asked if she was keeping her hand in, prompting her to say a new album is underway and that she would send him a signed copy.
- The forthcoming record will feature music she grew up with, including songs by The Beatles and Joni Mitchell.
- Paige’s career includes an Olivier-winning breakthrough in Evita and leading roles in Cats, Chess, Piaf and Sunset Boulevard.
- She has supported charities such as The Children’s Trust, the Royal Voluntary Service and the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, and at the ceremony she wore a blue feathered hat and carried a Victoria Beckham bag as David Beckham received a knighthood.