The Vogue 25: Queen joins list of most influential women of the year
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 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.
THE FULL LIST
Anne Mensah
Asma Khan
Bernardine Evaristo
Caroline Rush
Charlotte Tilbury
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Dawn Butler
Dr Jenny Harries
Emily Maitlis
Emma Revie
Florence Pugh
Frances O’Grady
June Sarpong
Liza Bilal & Naomi Smith
Maria Balshaw
Michaela Coel
Munroe Bergdorf
Nicole Jacobs
Pippa Crerar
Prof Sarah Gilbert
Rihanna
Rosh Mahtani
Silvana Tenreyro
Steph Houghton
The Queen