Ms Khan was the first agent to be infiltrated into enemy occupied France to aid the French Resistance during the Second World War.
The Queen unveils a portrait of special operations executive operative, Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan GC, and formally announces the naming of a room in her honour at the Royal Air Force Club in Piccadilly Ms Khan was the first agent to be infiltrated into enemy occupied France to aid the French Resistance during the Second World War, landing in the country in June 1943.
Ms Khan was then taken to the Dachau concentration camp, where she was executed on September 12 1944.On Tuesday, Camilla attended the RAF Club to unveil the portrait and to announce that the room it will hang in will be renamed the Noor Inayat Khan Room. The Queen is presented with a book called The Spy Princess – the Life of Noor Inyat Khan, by author Shrabani Basu “I am delighted to name this room after her.The portrait was painted by artist Paul Brason.“One of the difficulties about painting a portrait of someone who was operating undercover, particularly in the Second World War, is that people who work undercover don’t like photographs being taken of them.
Queen Camilla meets Squadron Leader Imam Ali Omar at the Royal Air Force Club in Piccadilly, central London Ms Khan’s cousin, Mahmoud Khan, 95, said it was a “excellent” likeness.“That is what struck me most, that the painter did so much to bring her personality to life.The Queen also met with members of staff at the RAF Club, posing for a photo with them before she left.
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