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The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Lumley: Goddess of the Gurkhas

joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley waves to supporters as she arrives in NEpal
26 July 2009: Joanna Lumley waves to supporters as she arrives at Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu, Nepal Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley in 1966
Modelling in 1966 Photograph: David Cairns/Getty Images
joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley in On Her Majesty''s Secret Service
As 'the English girl' in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 Photograph: Phillip Jackson /Rex Features
joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley playing Ken Barlow's girlfirend in Cornation Street in 1973
Playing Ken Barlow's girlfriend in Coronation Street in 1973 Photograph: ITV /Rex Features
joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley in The Satanic Rites Of Dracula with Christopher Lee in 1974
In The Satanic Rites of Dracula with Christopher Lee in 1974 Photograph: Everett Collection /Rex Features
joanna lumley: The New Avengers Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Patrick MacNee 1976
The New Avengers: Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Patrick Macnee (1976) Photograph: Everett Collection /Rex Features
joanna lumley: Joanna lumley in The Morecambe and Wise Show
On the Morecambe and Wise Show with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Photograph: FremantleMedia /Rex Features
joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley and David McCallum in Sapphire and Steel
With David McCallum in Sapphire and Steel Photograph: ITV /Rex Features
joanna lumley: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) in Absoluteley Fabulous
Patsy (Joanna Lumley) and Eddy (Jennifer Saunders) in Absolutely Fabulous Photograph: BBC
joanna lumley: Prime minister Gordon Brown meets with Joanna Lumley at 10 Downing St
May 2009: Meeting Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/AFP/Getty Images
joanna lumley: British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley
Celebrating with Gurkhas outside parliament in London on 21 May 2009 Photograph: Stephen Hird /Reuters
joanna lumley: Joanna Lumley
26 July 2009: Lumley is greeted by Gurkha war veterans, their families and supporters in Kathmandu, Nepal Photograph: Binod Joshi/AP
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