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Power pack...Queen joins list of women shaping the world

- By Steph Spyro

The Queen was named in list

TUC’s Frances O’Grady

Journalist Pippa Crerar

THE Queen and BBC journalist Emily Maitlis have been named among Vogue’s 25 most influentia­l women of the year.

The power list is packed with health care heroes, MPs, campaigner­s and media movers and shakers.

The fashion magazine roll of honour – which started in 2018 – reflects the coronaviru­s struggle.

Deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries is one of the women who win plaudits.

Oxford Professor Sarah Gilbert is also honoured as she leads the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine.

Daily Mirror journalist Pippa Crerar also makes the list after revealing Dominic Cummings’s controvers­ial trip to Durham during lockdown.

Labour MP Dawn Butler, Liza Bilal and Naomi Smith all earn a place after advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement.

TV presenter June Sarpong, director of creative diversity at the BBC, also made the list. Singer Rihanna joins after being named as one of Britain’s richest women.

Footballer Steph Houghton and General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Frances O’Grady also helped shape 2020.

Others on the list include director

Anne Mensah

Bernardine Evaristo

Charlotte Tilbury

Dawn Butler

Emily Maitlis

Florence Pugh

June Sarpong

Maria Balshaw

Munroe Bergdorf

Pippa Crerar

Rihanna

Silvana Tenreyro

The Queen

of the Tate Maria Balshaw, Normal People actress Daisy Edgar-Jones and cosmetics entreprene­ur Charlotte Tilbury.

They appear with Netflix producer Anne Mensah; chef Asma Khan; author Bernardine Evaristo; British Fashion Council boss Caroline Rush; Trussell Trust CEO Emma Revie; actress Florence Pugh; I May Destroy You writer and actress Michaela Coel; activist Munroe Bergdorf; domestic abuse commission­er Nicole Jacobs; designer Rosh Mahtani and leading economist Silvana Tenreyro.

Vogue editor Edward Enninful compiled the list.

The cover of September’s special activist issue features footballer and free school meals campaigner Marcus Rashford alongside model and mental health advocate Adwoa Aboah.

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Liza Bilal got mention
Dr Jenny Harries was praised for work
Athlete Steph Houghton
Labour MP Dawn Butler
Rihanna joined roll call
Influentia­l ...Emily Maitlis makes list in Vogue, right
Professor Sarah Gilbert Liza Bilal got mention Dr Jenny Harries was praised for work Athlete Steph Houghton Labour MP Dawn Butler Rihanna joined roll call Influentia­l ...Emily Maitlis makes list in Vogue, right

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