War heroine statue
A statue commemorating Britain's only female Muslim war heroine will become the first stand-alone memorial to an Asian woman in the UK when it is unveiled today.
Princess Spy honoured after 70 years
There has been an honour for a woman who fought fascism.
Noor Inayat Khan was a British spy during World War Two and was sent to work in France in 1943.
But she was captured and killed by the Germans. She was just 30 years old.
Today she became the first Muslim woman in Britain to have a statue of her unveiled by Princess Anne.
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Who was Noor Inayat Khan?
Noor Inayat Khan was a radio operator for the French resistance but was caught by the Nazis and was shot in Dachau concentration camp.
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Memorial for British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan
Princess Anne will unveil a statue in Gordon Square Gardens later in honour of the British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan.