The Queen has honoured former PM Tony Blair, the Duchess of Cornwall and Baroness Amos with the Order of the Garter.
Tony Blair, the youngest UK PM since Lord Liverpool in 1812, stepped down as Prime Minister in 2007 and is credited with making Labour electable again.
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