Fashion campaigner Livia Giuggioli shreds MBE over Trump’s ‘grotesque’ UK visit

<p>Colin Firth’s ex-wife to return honorary medal to authorities in protest over US president’s ‘poisonous rhetoric’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/25/andy-burnham-steve-reed-keir-starmer-labour-news-updates-uk-politics-live">UK politics – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Livia Giuggioli, a sustainable fashion campaigner and the former wife of the actor Colin Firth, has torn up her honorary MBE in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/sep/17/thousands-of-demonstrators-protest-against-trump-state-visit-video">protest over Donald Trump’s state visit</a> to the UK and his “poisonous rhetoric”.</p><p>Hailed the “queen of the green carpet”, Giuggioli was among the recipients of honorary British awards to foreign nationals in 2019 for services to sustainable fashion.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/sep/25/fashion-livia-giuggioli-colin-firth-shreds-mbe-trump-uk-visit">Continue reading...</a>