Renowned newsreader joins annual lecture

Thursday, 18 April 2024 01:00

Angela Rippon has joined Gyles Brandreth’s world-class panel to honour the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II in Salisbury Cathedral.

Each summer, The Sir Edward Heath Annual Lecture - organised by The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation - looks at an issue spanning the post-war period in Britain or the wider word, offering a lively platform for a public conversation in the spectacular setting of Salisbury Cathedral.

Moderated by Gyles Brandreth, this year’s lecture will be held on the afternoon of Thursday 30th May and will honour the remarkable life of our late Queen, HM Elizabeth II, featuring a line-up of world-class speakers to discuss a 70-year reign.

The lecture title is: Queen Elizabeth II: Life, Legacy & Service to Britain.

The panel includes:

Gyles Brandreth – television personality and author of ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’. Gyles will introduce and moderate the event.

Angela Rippon – Renowned broadcaster who has covered royal events for half a century.

Ailsa Anderson – served as press secretary to the Queen for twelve years from 2001 to 2013.

Robert Hardman – Daily Mail writer and author of the biographies ‘Queen of Our Times’ and ‘Charles III’.

Hugo Vickers – royal commentator and author of ‘Coronation’ (on the 1953 Coronation) and ‘Elizabeth: The Queen Mother’.

The speakers will give their personal appreciation of the Queen, both as an individual and as our national leader, and assess the challenges, achievements and legacy of her reign, as well as exploring her constitutional role in Britain and the Commonwealth, and the future of the monarchy.

‘This year’s Sir Edward Heath Annual Lecture will explore the remarkable life and legacy of her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Our fabulous panel will reflect upon a truly great Briton and the important chapter she represented in our national life.’

Gyles Brandreth

Ticket options include a drinks reception at Arundells after the lecture which offers an opportunity to socialise and to meet the speakers after the lecture.

Tickets are available now and are available at arundells.org or by phone.

The Sir Edward Heath Annual Lecture series, now in its seventh iteration, is the focal point of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation's national and local speaker programme. Previous lecturers have included David Dimbleby, John Major, Robin Butler, and Kenneth Clarke.