Kate Bush to receive CBE from Queen at Windsor Castle
The Bexley-born star is being honoured for her services to music Credit: William Conran/PA Archive/Press Association Images
Kate Bush will be made a CBE by the Queen at Windsor Castle today. The Bexley-born star is being honoured for her services to music.
The musician, whose first hit Wuthering Heights topped the charts and instantly made her a star, was as famous for her videos and her often wild-eyed mime dancing as her voice.
Her albums and singles have graced the charts for more than 30 years but for much of that time she has retained a mysterious persona, rarely giving interviews.
The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch exhibition at Windsor Castle features work by many different artists, who all have Queen Elizabeth II as their subject.
Queen's Warhol paintings on display at Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is showcasing an exhibition called The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch. It will include the famous Andy Warhol paintings of the Queen which she bought recently.
It is twenty years since Windsor Castle was badly damaged by a huge fire. Mike Pearse has been to meet some of the people who helped to renovate it at a cost of £35 million.
Parts of Windsor Castle are shrouded in scaffolding eight weeks after fire ripped through the Chapel and some of the state apartments. Credit: PA
On 20th November 2012 it will be 20 years since the Windsor Castle fire. The castle is the world's largest inhabited castle and is one of the official residences of the Queen.
The castle was severely damaged in the fire, which destroyed some of its most historic parts.
It took several years and a lot of money to repair the building.
The Royal Standard flag is flying at Windsor to signify the Queen is in residence and it is much bigger than the usual one to show that today is a very special occasion. Her Majesty is having a Jubilee luncheon with other monarchs.
Man banned from pubs after Windsor Castle trespass
A man has banned from drinking in pubs for a year after trespassing at Windsor Castle. 32 year-old Robert Pennefather was drunk when he climbed an 8 foot fence to get in. The Queen was not in residence at the time. Today, he received a suspended 14-day prison sentence after pleading guilty.
