London: She's been Australia's unofficial cultural ambassador in London for decades – now Kylie Minogue's success as Britain's favourite Aussie has been acknowledged with a royal nod.
On Tuesday, the 48-year-old pop princess was "received" by the Duke of Edinburgh in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle and presented with the Britain-Australia Society Award for 2016.
More World News Videos
- Video duration
- 00:42
Kylie Minogue gets royal treatment
Kylie Minogue gets royal treatment
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, honoured Kylie Minogue with the Britain-Australia Society Award for 2016. Vision courtesy Seven Sunrise.
Up Next
Britain to protect Gibraltar 'all the way'
- Video duration
- 01:37
- Video duration
- 01:37
Britain to protect Gibraltar 'all the way'
Britain to protect Gibraltar 'all the way'
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon vows to protect Gibraltar after the European Union offered Spain a right of veto over Gibraltar's future relations with the bloc. Vision courtesy: BBC's Andrew Marr show, Sky News - Sophy Ridge on Sunday
Up Next
Prehistoric jewellery provides missing link
- Video duration
- 01:17
- Video duration
- 01:17
Prehistoric jewellery provides missing ...
Prehistoric jewellery provides missing link
Australian archaeologists make a 'wonderful discovery' after unearthing ornaments that date back 30,000 years on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Up Next
Martial arts master catches man after 8-metre fall
- Video duration
- 00:57
- Video duration
- 00:57
Martial arts master catches man after ...
Martial arts master catches man after 8-metre fall
A martial arts coach has saved a construction worker who fell 8 metres after a scaffold collapsed in Suzhou City, in Eastern China.
Up Next
Horrifying gas attack in Syria
- Video duration
- 01:43
- Video duration
- 01:43
Horrifying gas attack in Syria
Horrifying gas attack in Syria
GRAPHIC IMAGES WARNING: A suspected gas attack, believed to be by Syrian government jets, killed dozens of people and left hundreds wounded in the northwestern province of Idlib.
Up Next
North Korea tests medium-range missile
- Video duration
- 01:13
- Video duration
- 01:13
North Korea tests medium-range missile
North Korea tests medium-range missile
The U.S. and South Korea say Pyongyang has launched what appears to be a medium-range missile, ahead of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Up Next
Spacecraft's final mission before planet fall
- Video duration
- 00:55
- Video duration
- 00:55
Spacecraft's final mission before planet ...
Spacecraft's final mission before planet fall
NASA is preparing to send its long-lived Cassini probe into the unexplored region between Saturn and its rings for a scientific grand finale before the spacecraft's suicidal plunge into the planet, space officials said on Tuesday.
Up Next
'Pink Star' diamond sale breaks records
- Video duration
- 00:27
- Video duration
- 00:27
'Pink Star' diamond sale breaks records
'Pink Star' diamond sale breaks records
A stunning 59.6 carat diamond known as the 'Pink Star' has sold for $94.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, setting a new world record for any diamond or jewel.
Kylie Minogue gets royal treatment
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, honoured Kylie Minogue with the Britain-Australia Society Award for 2016. Vision courtesy Seven Sunrise.
The award recognises people who have made a big contribution to the relationship between the two countries – past recipients include Barry Humphries.
Lord Carrington, president of the Society, said Minogue "personifies the best traits of Australians and Britons – warm, amiable, easy-going, talented and industrious".
Related Content
"The relationship between Australia and Britain is demonstrably stronger and warmer for her presence."
The Award was announced at a private dinner at Australia's High Commission in London on Monday night.
Watch @KylieMinogue reflect on receiving the Britain-Australia Society Award for 2016 from The Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle. pic.twitter.com/srSet6CpbE
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 4, 2017
In a press release, Minogue said she was delighted to accept the award.
"I'm a proud Aussie but Britain has a very strong place in my heart having lived and worked here for many years," she said.
It is not the first time the royal family has pinned its approval to the singer. In 2008, Prince Charles handed her an OBE for services to music at Buckingham Palace.
The latest honour was a happy moment in a year that didn't start well for Minogue, with the end of her engagement to 29-year-old Joshua Sasse.
Last month she revealed a new album would be partly inspired by the break-up.
"It has been an interesting few months, but fantastic for moving forward creatively," she said. "I feel like I just want to spread the love and that is what the album is going to be about."
Mike Stock, of 80s hitmakers Stock Aitken and Waterman, recently described Minogue as "the complete package ... a great little singer, a great-looking girl, a great little dancer".
He revealed that Minogue had been kept "hanging around all week" at their studio until they finally got around to recording her breakout hit I Should Be So Lucky.
"We had to get the song together in about 40 minutes and she left not having had a happy experience," he told the Guardian. "We didn't know we had a hit on our hands and so when it went to No. 1 for five weeks, someone said: 'What's the follow-up?' We didn't have one.
"So I went out to Australia at the start of 1988 and met her in a bar ... I basically crawled 100 yards on my knees and apologised profusely. She took it well and we did some more recording."