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TV cook Nigella Lawson 'stopped from flying to US'

TV cook Nigella Lawson was stopped from flying to the United States on Sunday after admitting she took cocaine, the Daily Mail reports. The US embassy has said she should be able to get a visa to enter the country "routinely and expeditiously".

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Nigella Lawson 'invited to apply for US visa'

Nigella Lawson should be able to get a visa to enter the United States "routinely and expeditiously", the US embassy has said.

The TV chef was stopped from boarding a plane from London Heathrow to Los Angeles on Sunday.

A spokesman for the US embassy said:

There are several ways of legally travelling into the United States and Ms Lawson has been invited to come to the Embassy and apply for a visa for travel to the US.

We understand she has professional requirements for US travel and these matters are generally handled routinely and expeditiously, so stand by.

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