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Dyson is trending this week after Boris Johnson personally makes him a promise. The public is now curious about James Dyson’s net worth and what was said.
Sir James Dyson, was born on 2nd May 1947 in Norfolk England and is married to Deirdre Hindmarch, with whom he has 3 children. Dyson is known internationally for his inventions which have revolutionalised household appliances.
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From the Austin Metro to royal bracelets: how Prince Philip championed elegant design
The Duke of Edinburgh leaves behind a legacy via his designers prize – as well as more personal indications of his artistic passion
14 April 2021 • 5:00am
This bracelet, made by Boucheron to Prince Philip s design, was a gift for the Queen on their fifth wedding anniversary in 1952
Credit: The Royal Collection / PA
The Duke of Edinburgh, so often caricatured as abrupt and no-nonsense, isn’t your first thought when you consider the supposed whims and fancies of creativity. Yet he had a passion for art and design, both as patron and creator. Indeed, if many obituaries are calling the Duke a renaissance man for his wide portfolio of interests, it’s worth noting he could also be a classicist, a modernist, even - whisper it softly - a romantic.
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We still don’t know precisely what it will look like, but of one thing we can be quite certain: He will have hugely enjoyed making it.
Having spent most of his life breaking the royal mould, the Duke of Edinburgh will do so again one last time this Saturday when he goes to meet his Maker on the back of a Land Rover.
What’s more, this will be a Land Rover specially converted for funereal use, according to the duke’s very own instructions.
It will be a glorious parting gesture from a man who spent so much of his life encouraging innovation and good design.