JK Rowling Receives High Merits in France

Standing with a bouquet of flowers in hand, JK Rowling is wearing a black suit with a matching black bag. Her choice of costume jewellery is an oversized ring along with dangling diamond earrings. Here she stands to be inducted into Legion d'Honneur, France’s national merit society.

Legion d'Honneur is an elite organization developed in the 19th century by Napoleon Bonaparte. Technically, only French citizens can be inducted , but today foreigners are made honorary members. Rowling will join the likes of Steven Spielberg and Barbara Streisand another women who wears great costume jewellery.

The ceremony took place at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris where President Nicolas Sarkozy performed the ceremony. JK Rowlings' Harry Potter novels have sold over 400 million copies. In France, The Order of the Phoenix became the first book written in English to place number one on the bestseller’s list. Rowling is a remarkable women who exudes greatness and rocks great costume jewellery.