King and Queen pay tribute to ‘dear friend’ Sir Tom Stoppard

(back row, left to right) Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, Professor Margaret Macmillan, Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Professor Dame Ann Dowling, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, the Rt Hon Lord Darzi of Debham, Sir David Adjaye, Baroness Benjamin, Sir Paul Nurse and the Rt Hon Lord Janvrin, and (front row, left to right) Mr David Hockney, the Rt Hon Jean Chretien, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, Sir David Attenborough, Sir Tom Stoppard, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, King Charles III, Professor Sir Roger Penrose, Lord Rothschild, the Rev and Rt Hon Lord Eames, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Mr Neil MacGregor and Hon John Howard, pose for a group photo at a luncheon for the Members of the Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace, London. (Aaron Chown/PA)

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