Tony Blair's 'people's princess" speech honoured It was on display on Saturday at an event attended by his wife, Cherie Blair, and daughter, Kathryn 25, a barrister. They attended a ceremonial unveiling of a stained-glass window in honour of Lily Burton, the church organist and close family friend, who died of cancer in November 2011 at the age of 71. Mrs Burton's husband, John, was Mr Blair's constituency agent. The stained-glass window in Mrs Burton's memory, costing £12,000, was paid for through donations following an appeal backed by the Blairs. After her death, Mrs Burton was described by Mr Blair as "one of the kindest and nicest human beings" he had ever known. In his autobiography, A Journey, Mr Blair writes of the speech: "The phrase 'people's princess" now seems like something from another age. And corny. And over the top. And all the rest of it. But at the time it felt natural and I thought, particularly, that she would have approved.