King Charles presents GB News star Anne Diamond with honour at Buckingham Palace
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The King has presented GB News Breakfast star Anne Diamond with an OBE at Buckingham Palace for her services to public health and charity.
The veteran journalist was honoured by His Majesty for her campaigning for research into cot death.
Pictured in the quadrangle at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, the GB News presenter smiled at the camera and proudly held up her OBE medal.
Anne Diamond revealed during an interview on GB News that she received news of the honour on the same day she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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In 1990, her son Sebastian died from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death.
After her tragic bereavement, Anne Diamond worked with The Lullaby Trust and the Department of Health to launch the national Back to Sleep awareness campaign.
The campaign raised awareness of the dangers to babies sleeping on their fronts, and encouraged parents to place their children on their backs.
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The campaign has been credited wit a reduction in cot deaths.
Anne was named in the New Year Honours in December and said: "This OBE is literally a crowning achievement to everyone who helped me and upon whose ground-breaking research my campaign was based.
"This is also testament that the media can be a force for good.
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"By the Government’s own report, 80 per cent of parents who got the life-saving advice got it from the TV ads.
"But mostly this is for Sebastian, whom we still miss, and all of those tragically lost lives."
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