Fortunate and Favourite Frizell, both 20, who live in Canterbury in the South East of England, have both been guaranteed places at the prestigious Cambridge University after each getting A or A* grades in all of their subjects.
The close siblings, who moved to Britain with their parents in 2002, studied: Government and Politics, History, Religious Studies and Philosophy and Theology. Fortunate said although they did not get exactly the same marks in all of their exams, they were “pretty similar”. Their parents Charles and Angeline couldn’t be more proud.
Frizell said: “Favourite is going to Cambridge this September to do a degree in Politics, Psychology and Sociology. He volunteers at a Human Rights NGO and works for Kent cricket ground.
“Fortunate is working at Westminster in Parliament as an intern for a Liberal Democrat Deputy Minister. She is the only black intern as far as she knows and is also the only non-graduate intern. She will be going to Cambridge next year to study the same degree as her brother.”
Fortunate was accepted into Cambridge to study History last year when the first of her excellent results came through. But she realised she wanted to go into politics or law and so decided to change her degree course, which meant reapplying to the famous university.
She said: “I was really worried I would not get in a second time, but it was a risk I was willing to take. I wanted to study something I would be really interested in.”
Fortunate will be working in Parliament until January and then is hoping to travel before joining her brother at University.
She said: “It has always been Favourite and Fortunate as a unit, we have never been separated for longer than a week. So it will be quite strange not starting university together. “We are both really pleased with our results.”
Frizell’s two older sons have also done well here. “I am very proud of what my family have achieved because I think it proves that we Zimbabweans are a talented and hard-working lot.,” he said.
Post published in: World News