Patricia Routledge
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Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge was an English actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC One comedy series Keeping Up Appearances, for which she was twice nom
Routledge in 2023
Betty Boothroyd
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Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party, she served
Patricia Routledge
…a patron of the Beatrix Potter Society and Keswick's Theatre by the Lake. She was also an ambassador of Kidney Research UK. She was a close friend of Betty Boothroyd, a Labour Party MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, and her cover of "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" was played at Boothroyd's funeral in March 2023. Routledge…
Official portrait, 2018
Boothroyd's Speaker's shoe in the Women's Library
Boothroyd meeting Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Sirimavo Bandaranaike