in controversy before it begins. the us didn t invite the leaders of cuba, nicaragua or venezuela, whose leaders it sees as autocrats. in protest, mexico has led a boycott by several other nations. now on bbc news, katty kay meets award winning writer and magazine editor tina brown in the interview. how many years for the new yorker? seven. and vanity fair? from her new york apartment, tina brown keeps a close eye on events in buckingham palace. those 3,000 miles give this british american author a different, more global perspective on the royal family. for her new bestselling book, the palace papers, she interviewed over 120 people to tell the story of the women of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times. she was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot be
of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times. she was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot better connected than tina brown in politics or in all things royal, which is why we went to visit her in manhattan. congratulations on the book, it is great. i passed a very delightful plane ride from london reading it. when you look as we celebrate her 70 years on the throne, the conundrum of the queen s impact, is itjust longevity? the amount of time she has been with us all and been with the world? is it her personality? how do you account for her impact? its all of it, isn t it? the longevity clearly is a major factor. three generations can remember nothing but the queen, so it s hard to even imagine how to be british without the queen. but it s also been her r
royal family. the bbc s special correspondent katty kay went to meet her. how many years for the new yorker? seven. from her new york apartment tina brown keeps a close eye on events in buckingham palace. those 3000 miles give this british american author are different, more global perspective on the royal family. for her new best selling book the palace paper, she interviewed over 320 people to tell the story of the women of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times and was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot better connected than tina brown in politics or in all things royal, which is why we went to visit her in manhattan. congratulations on the book, it is great. i passed a very delightful plane ride from london reading it. when you look as we celebra
and everyone i ve ever slept with. i was told that there was a good possibility that i would only have six months to live. four years ago, she was diagnosed with an aggressive bladder cancer, which she openly documented on her instagram. once portrayed as an enfant terrible of british art, she s now been made a dame by king charles for services to art. tracey, congratulations. or should i say dame tracey? congratulations. how are you feeling about it? well, i m smiling for lots of reasons. but dame tracey, i mean, it has a ring about it. it s really cool. i don t think there s ever been one before, and it s good. ifeel like it s a new generation of dames, really. what does it mean to you? there s nothing like a dame. no. don t get me singing. 0h, go on. no, i think for me, really seriously, what it means is that. it s the recognition from the king and from the establishment for what i ve achieved in my lifetime as an artist, which is kind of a man s world, really, and always
no. don t get me singing. 0h, go on. no, i think for me, really seriously, what it means is that. it s the recognition from the king and from the establishment for what i ve achieved in my lifetime as an artist, which is kind of a man s world, really, and always has been. and. i don t know, ifeel like i ve. it just feels really cool. and the best thing is, i only found out about it recently because i hadn t received the letter. so what happened? how did you find out about it? well, i went to buckingham palace for the garden party, and i was in a line up with five people out of 3,000, to shake the hand of the king and queen. and i was thinking, this is a bit weird. well, i m kind of up the top here. wonder why? and then on my way home, i got a message saying, from my old studio, that there was a letter for me, marked urgent from the cabinet office. so i thought, oh, i better go and see what it is. and there it was, asking me if i d accept a damehood. so do you think they