The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... In 1838 there was terrible drought in Agra, which meant many crops and cattle died causing a famine. The East India Company and the ...

In 2015, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and, in 2021, she was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest distinction, in recognition of her wartime service ...