Actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley (C) is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and his wife, Sarah Brown (L), in the garden of Downing Street, where they met Gurkha veterans and their supporters, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley (C) is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and his wife, Sarah Brown (L), in the garden of Downing Street, where they met Gurkha veterans and their supporters, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain.

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  9. Sarah Brown (L), wife of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, arrives at the Andy Warhol Museum for a tour hosted by U.S. first lady Michelle Obama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 25, 2009.
  10. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 5: Sarah Brown (centre left), the secretary of state for cuture, media and sport Ben Bradshaw (centre right) and the executive chairman of ITV Michael Grade pose for a portrait with the ten regional winners of the ITV Feelgood Factor Award (Left-Right) Geraldine Williams, from Middlesbrough (Tyne Tees/Border), Andrew Amers-Morrison, from London (London), Kathryn Miller, from Bolton (Granada), Joe Sarginson, from Nottingham (Central), Andy Dalby-Walsh, from Hove in Sussex (Meridian), Kath Sharman, from Sheffield (Yorkshire), Neil Hapgood, from Neath (Wales), Warner Duff, from Ipswich (Anglia), Deborah Maguire, from Belfast (UTV) and Pete Andrews, from Gloucestershire (West/Westcountry) inside 10 Downing Street on October 5, 2009 in London, England.
  11. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Sarah Brown listens to injured soldier Major Phil Packer address the Labour Party Conference in the Brighton Centre on October 1, 2009 in Brighton, England. The Labour Party Conference enters its fifth, and final day with debates on the global influence of Britain and keynote speeches from foreign secretary David Miliband and defence secretary Bob Ainsworth.
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