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"Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has said that she is overwhelmed after being honoured by the French government.  Attending the investiture ceremony with her entire family, including daughter Aradhya, the actress received the prestigious &amp;#039;Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters&amp;#039;, the second highest civilian French honour.  Speaking to PTI, the former Miss World said: &amp;quot;I want to thank the French government for honouring me with this award. It is truly overwhelming. &amp;quot;Also, I take this opportunity to thank everyone who I have worked with as they made it possible for me to have such a glorious career.&amp;quot; Writing about the occasion on his blog, father-in-law Amitabh said: &amp;quot;Aishwarya celebrates her birthday and also a recognition by the French government. They confer on her the medal of honour for arts and letters, their second biggest award.&amp;quot; The actor, who was awarded France&amp;#039;s highest civilian award - the Legion d&amp;#039; Honneur - in 2007, spoke of his pride at the honours bestowed on his family by the French government. &amp;quot;Many years ago the French had decorated me with the Legion d&amp;#039;Honor, their highest medal, and now the family prides itself with having two of the family gaining recognition from the French,&amp;quot; he wrote. In 2009, Rai Bachchan received the Padma Shri - India&amp;#039;s fourth-highest civilian award - from the Government of India. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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