British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley poses with a Ghurka prior to hearing a statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on the Gurkhas' right to stay in the UK, outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN MILITARY POLITICS) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley celebrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN POLITICS MILITARY) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley reacts while listening to a statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on the Gurkhas' right to stay in the UK, outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS MILITARY) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley reacts to the Home Secretary's announcement outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN POLITICS MILITARY) 

Actress Joanna Lumley poses with a Gurkha veteran in Downing Street after meeting meeting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CONFLICT) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley celebrates with Gurkhas outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN POLITICS MILITARY) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks with actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley at 10 Downing Street in central London May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY SOCIETY) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks with actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley at 10 Downing Street in central London May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY SOCIETY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE 

Actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley (C) is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and his wife, Sarah Brown (L), in the garden of Downing Street, where they met Gurkha veterans and their supporters, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Stefan Rousseau/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) meets Gurkha veterans and their supporters in the garden of Downing Street, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Stefan Rousseau/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Sarah Brown (FRONT, LEFT), the wife of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon, meets Gurkha veterans and their supporters in the garden of Downing Street, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Stefan Rousseau/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) meets Gurkha veterans and their supporters in the garden of Downing Street, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Stefan Rousseau/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS CONFLICT) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley arrives for a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in central London May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley waves as she arrives for a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in central London May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley celebrates with Gurkhas outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley talks to the media after attending a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in central London May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley talks to the media after attending a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street in central London May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley celebrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN POLITICS MILITARY) 

British actress and Gurkha activist Joanna Lumley celebrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN POLITICS MILITARY) 

A Union flag flies above a Gurkha prior to hearing a statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on the Gurkhas' right to stay in the UK, outside the Houses of Parliament in London May 21, 2009. Britain's Government announced on Thursday that all Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with a minimum for four years' service, will be allowed to settle in the UK. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN MILITARY POLITICS) 

Actress Joanna Lumley arrives in10 Downing Street with Gurkha veterans and supporters, in London May 21, 2009. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CONFLICT) 

A Gurkha hat is held above actress Joanna Lumley as she poses with supporter Guldil Howe in Downing Street, after meeting Britain's Prime Minster Gordon Brown, in London May 21, 2009.. Brown suffered the latest in a series of setbacks on Thursday when he caved in to public pressure and said more retired Nepalese Gurkha soldiers would be allowed to settle in Britain. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Former Gurkha soldier and holder of the Victoria Cross, Tul Bahador Pun poses with supporters outside the High Court in London September 30, 2008. Former Gurkha soldiers from Nepal have won their legal bid to secure the right to retire in Britain. The soldiers began a High Court challenge earlier this month against a ruling that means those who retire before 1997 have no automatic right to live in Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN) 

An Indian 5/11 Gorkha rifles (Bogra) battalion personnel shouts a command during the three-day-long diamond jubilee celebrations at Sukana army cantonment on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri December 13, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A Gurkha veteran attends a demonstration in central London, November 20, 2008. Following a rally and wreath laying, actress Joanna Lumley and the Gurkhas presented a petition to 10 Downing Street, urging the government to to give British Army Gurkhas who retired from service before 1997 the automatic right to live and settle in the UK. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (BRITAIN) 

Former Gurkha soldiers and their supporters hold placards outside the High Court in London March 17, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Actress Joanna Lumley (C) and Gurkha veterans walk to the Cenotaph to lay a wreath, in central London, November 20, 2008. Following a rally and wreath laying, Lumley and the Gurkhas presented a petition to 10 Downing Street, urging the government to to give British Army Gurkhas who retired from service before 1997 the automatic right to live and settle in the UK REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (BRITAIN) 

Former Gurkha soldiers Hukumsing Pun (L) and Pahalman Gurung pose for
photographs outside the High Court in London, October 29, 2002. The
soldiers, who were Japanese prisoners of war during World War II, are
challenging the British government's decision not to award them 10,000
pounds ($15,604) given to other prisoners of war on grounds of
discrimination. REUTERS/Michael Crabtree

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British actress Joanna Lumley poses with former Gurkha soldiers outside the High Court in London September 30, 2008. Former Gurkha soldiers from Nepal have won their legal bid to secure the right to retire in Britain. The soldiers began a High Court challenge earlier this month against a ruling that means those who retire before 1997 have no automatic right to live in Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN) 

Former Gurkha soldiers Hukumsing Pun (L) and Pahalman Gurung pose for
photographs outside the High Court in London, October 29, 2002. The
soldiers, who were Japanese prisoners of war during World War II, are
challenging the British government's decision not to award them 10,000
pounds ($15,604) given to other prisoners of war on grounds of
discrimination. REUTERS/Michael Crabtree

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