AS THE WARTIME SINGER’S LIFE IS CELEBRATED
DAME VERA LYNN
KATHERINE JENKINS LEADS THE TRIBUTES IN A SPECIAL SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Forces Sweetheart Vera entertains servicemen in England in 1940 during the Second World War; the singer in 2010
‘I wouldn’t have missed today for the world’
Katherine Jenkins
Baroness Benjamin wears purple for the thanksgiving event
A “beautiful service for a beautiful lady”, is how Katherine Jenkins described the thanksgiving service held for Dame Vera Lynn at Westminster Abbey last week.
Taking her seat beside Dame Vera’s daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, the mezzo-soprano called it a “huge honour” to attend the memorial. “And the blue skies were very appropriate,” she told HELLO!.