One of the world’s biggest-selling authors will be made an official Yorkshire Patron at a luncheon to launch her latest book.

Barbara Taylor Bradford will receive the accolade at Hazelwood Castle near Tadcaster on Friday, March 1, when she will talk about and sign copies of her new book, Secrets From The Past.

The honour of becoming a Yorkshire Patron is extended only to a selected number of ambassadors from the county, including Michael Vaughan, Michael Parkinson, Patrick Stewart and Brian Blessed.