Dame Helen Mirren awarded Star of Italy honour

(ANSA) - LONDON, MAR 24 - Dame Helen Mirren has been made a member of the Order of the Star of Italy, the highest honour the Italian Republic can award to foreign nationals, by President Sergio Mattarella. The Oscar-winning British actress has a home in the Salento area of southern Italy and has struck up a strong bond with the community there, and with the nation as a whole. Among other things, the 80-year-old artist has campaigned hard to raise awareness of the Xylella Fastidiosa epidemic t...

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