London, Feb. 7 : British actress Joanna Lumley has re-launched her campaign for Gurkhas'' rights by demanding the Gordon Brown Government to allow retired Gurkha soldiers to enter Britain without paying visa fees.

Lumley has written to British Home Secretary Alan Johnson urging him to waive the 400 pounds entry visa fee for 178 Gurkhas who were previously blocked entry to Britain, The Telegraph reports.

Lumley''s previous high-profile interventions on behalf of the Gurkhas forced the Government into a series of embarrassing U-turns.

London, Dec. 28 : After campaigning successfully on behalf of Gurkhas seeking residency and other rights in Britain, actress Joanna Lumley is The Times's Briton of the Year.

By sheer dint of her personality, a charm that could melt icebergs and a voice like silk, Lumley has managed not only to get the change in policy she and her fellow campaigners wanted, but also left the Government looking clumsy, foolish, leaden-footed and duplicitous.

London, Dec. 17 : British actress Joanna Lumley, who is on a campaign trail to raise 10 million pounds for 10,000 Gurkhas and their widows in Nepal, has won Prince Charles’ support.

Prince Charles’ message of support read: "The money will fund a variety of vital projects, including the provision of a monthly welfare pension for 10,000 gallant Gurkha veterans and widows; help provide much needed medical care and provide essential services such as the provision of water and sanitation in Gurkha villages.

Kathmandu, July 28 : British actress Joanna Lumley was hailed as ''Nepali cheli (daughter)'' and felicitated for her remarkable contribution to the Gurkha cause and successful campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in Britain.

Hundreds of Gurkha veterans and their family members organized a civic reception at the Kathmandu City Hall in her honor and gave her a standing ovation as she started to address the cheering crowd.

Kathmandu, July 28 : British actress Joanna Lumley, who is in Nepal on a five day visit after spearheading a high profile campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in Britain, met President Rambaram Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala separately.

Accompanying her to the meetings held at the Singh Durbar, the seat of the government, was a 30-member delegation, including Liberal Democratic Party leader Peter Carol, Folkestone town counselor Dhana Gurung, Maiti-Nepal president Anuradha Koirala and several foreign journalists.

London, May 30 : Actress Joanna Lumley had to beg British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the issue of Gurkhas'' settlement rights, she has revealed.

In an interview with Jonathan Ross, the actress said she resorted to going on "the Lumley self-pleading offensive".

Lumley declared "the Gurkhas are coming home" last week after the government finally relented on the issue of the soldiers'' right to live in the UK.

London, May 22 : A fish and chips and champagne supper at her London home followed by a goodnight kiss is said to have sealed a deal between actress Joanna Lumley and the British Government to ensure the Gurkhas got residency rights in the United Kingdom.

Lumley played host to Immigration Minister Phil Woolas and is said to have convinced him to end the stand-off over Gurkha residency rights.

London, May 22 : Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley has been named as the favourite female celebrity that voters would like to see becoming the Prime Minister of Britain, according to a new poll.

Lumley emerged as the frontrunner for the top post in the female category with 20 per cent votes in her favour in the poll headed by MSN Entertainment.

But it was The X Factor judge Simon Cowell who was tagged as the favourite man for the job with 21 per cent votes, reports the Sky News.

London, May 11 : Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley is one celebrity whom most Britons see as an ideal mum, according to a poll.

Conducted by Disney Channel, the survey found a majority of British people saying that they would like to have Lumley as their mother.

The survey has also revealed that Virgin mogul Richard Branson is seen as the ideal dad, while soccer ace David Beckham and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole are seen as ideal brother and sister, reports the Sun.

London, May 8 : Actress Joanna Lumley has turned the screws on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the Gurkhas again with an extraordinary public intervention in politics that put the Government under ever greater pressure to improve the veterans'' treatment.

A day after Brown personally intervened in the explosive row over the Gurkhas, Lumley maneuvered the Government into unprecedented public negotiations over the veterans'' rights live on television.