EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Shirley Conran will receive her damehood in her hospital bed ... trends now
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She has led the most extraordinary life, from writing bestsellers Superwoman and Lace to helping create one of our most talented design dynasties.
So what better final act for Shirley Conran than to receive a damehood in her hospital bed.
'My mum is on her final journey,' explains her son, the designer Jasper Conran. 'She is looking forward to her party in the sky with all her friends and family. She is very much enjoying listening to messages.'
Before the unique investiture ceremony on Tuesday, Jasper explained: 'This afternoon, she will be invested with her damehood in hospital. The Palace have been incredibly kind and agreed to do this.'
Dame Shirley, 91, who launched the Daily Mail's Femail section in the 1960s, had been too unwell to travel to Buckingham Palace to collect the insignia of her damehood, which she was awarded in Liz Truss's resignation honours list last December.
Designer Jasper Conran explained his mother Shirley Conran is 'on her final journey' and would be receiving her damehood in her hospital bed
Dame Shirley, 91, (pictured here in 2005) had been too unwell to travel to Buckingham Palace to collect the insignia of her damehood
The former wife of Habitat co-founder Sir Terence Conran had told me in 2022 that she was surprised she still wasn't a dame.
'I sometimes wonder why I'm not, if you look at the people who are, especially if they've given a million pounds to some royal
