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PARIS (AP) - France honored Kylie Minogue on Monday, making her Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution to French culture.
The 39-year-old Australian singer received the prestigious title the day before kicking off a world tour for her album “X.” Past recipients include Ella Fitzgerald and Bob Dylan.
Culture Minister Christine Albanel called Minogue the “princess of pop, the uncontested queen of the dance floor.”
Albanel also praised Minogue for her personal courage in her battle against breast cancer.
“The heart, in French, also (refers to) courage, and I want to salute the courage you have shown in publicly revealing, three years ago, that you had been stricken with breast cancer,” Albanel said.
“This is an exceptional moment for me,” Minogue said in French.
She bubbled praise for Paris.
“I fell in love, and it’s a love affair that continues to blossom like an eternal spring,” Minogue said, this time in English.
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PARIS - Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue received one of France’s top cultural awards on Monday, the day before her world tour kicked off in Paris.

Minogue was made a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters) for “the cultural pleasure she has given French people” and for her love of France, a French Culture Ministry official said.

“Princess of pop, uncontested queen of the dance floors, you are a sort of Midas of the international music scene who turns everything she touches into gold, from records to micro-shorts,” Culture Minister Christine Albanel said presenting the award.

“Even if it isn’t the part of your anatomy which is the most often praised by the media, you have a big heart,” she added.

Pop group Police won the award in October 2007 and other knights include U.S. film stars Sharon Stone and Clint Eastwood.

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