I will not stop working, Anna Wintour tells King

Vogue exertion Dame Anna Wintour has "firmly" told King Charles she volition not halt working, arsenic she removed her signature sunglasses to person an grant astatine Buckingham Palace.

Dame Anna, the longest-serving editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, was made Companion of Honour for her services to fashion.

She was honoured successful the 2023 King's Birthday Honours and joins the likes of Dame Judi Dench, Sir Elton John, David Hockney and Sir Paul McCartney successful the prime group.

"It makes maine adjacent much convinced that I person truthful overmuch much to achieve," she said.

Dressed successful Alexander McQueen, Dame Anna told reporters connected Tuesday she was "completely amazed and overwhelmed" to person her 2nd accolade astatine Buckingham Palace.

She was made a dame successful 2017 by Queen Elizabeth II, who honoured her for her publication to manner and journalism.

"The past clip I was present the Queen gave maine a medal and we some agreed that we had been doing our occupation a precise agelong time, and past this greeting His Majesty asked maine if this meant I was going to halt moving and I said firmly, no," she said.

Last month, she besides went without her trademark shades arsenic erstwhile US President Joe Biden presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom - America's highest civilian honour - astatine the White House.

The 75-year-old antecedently told the BBC the glasses are a "prop".

"They assistance maine beryllium seen and not beryllium seen," she said.

• 'The glasses are a prop': Anna Wintour connected her benignant and being told 'no'

One of the astir important players successful fashion, Dame Anna has been editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988 and, among different charities, has helped raised much than $20m (£16m) for Aids research.

She has organised yearly fundraiser the Met Gala, successful New York, since 1995 and has besides raised wealth for UK arts organisations pursuing backing cuts successful 2022.

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an exclusive group, constricted to 65 radical astatine immoderate 1 time.

Appointments spell to those who person made a long-standing publication to the arts, science, medicine oregon government.

Tracey Emin, 61, 1 of Britain's astir acclaimed artists, was besides honoured astatine the investiture ceremonial connected Tuesday arsenic she was made a dame.

Speaking afterwards, she said her 2020 bladder crab diagnosis had made her absorption connected "helping different people".

In March 2023 her Tracey Emin Foundation opened its doors successful Margate, offering rent-free abstraction to creation students.

"I deliberation if you travel from an impoverished background, it's astir intolerable to adjacent get your qualifications and get into university," said Dame Tracey.

"But 1 happening I would accidental is: bash not beryllium enactment disconnected by the fees.

"Go to assemblage and interest astir it afterwards, due to the fact that otherwise, if you don't person the education, you can't alteration anything."

Her notable works see My Bed, an creation installation astatine the Tate Gallery exhibiting her ain unmade furniture and a level littered with bare vodka bottles, cigaret butts and condoms.

The work, shortlisted for the 1999 Turner prize, sold astatine auction for £2.2m.