Lady Ffion Hague of Richmond was presented with the honour at the palace on Wednesday (December 18) by King Charles III.
Lady Hague who is married to former leader of the Conservative Party, William Hague was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London.
The honour recognises Lady Hague’s services “to the public and to business”.
Since leaving the public sector in 1997 Lady Hague has worked as a director of Arts & Business, a national business charity.
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She has also sat on many major non-profit boards including The British Council, Action on Addiction, Outward Bound, The Voices Foundation, the London Symphony Orchestra Advisory Board and has worked as the Deputy Chairman of English National Opera
Lady Hague is also well known for her work in media for S4C where she presented the series Mamwlad in 2012, Tri Lle in 2010 and Dwy Wraig Lloyd George in 2009.
She has also presented programmes for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4.
Lady Hague is also a published author best known for her biography of David Lloyd George – “The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George’s Life.”
The couple have lived near Welshpool since 2015 after Lord Hague stepped down from his role as MP for Richmond in Yorkshire in that election.
However, her links to Montgomeryshire go further back than that with her father having originally come for the Machynlleth area.