[2] She travelled to mainland Europe just after the D-Day landings and reported from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Norway, before returning on health grounds in March 1945.
[2] In 1953, Russell gave a live commentary on the Coronation of Elizabeth II, from inside Westminster Abbey.
[3] She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 29 July 1957.
[5] In 1967, she was granted the freedom of the City of London, and was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 1976 Birthday Honours.
[2] An obituary, calling here the "grande dame of radio's vintage years", was published in The Times.