Born in Portadown, Northern Ireland, in 1982 Hunniford became the first woman to have her own daily radio show on BBC Radio 2.
She presented it continuously for 13 years, before going on to become one of the first female broadcasters to host her own TV chat show.
Her many TV credits include Pebble Mill At One, Good Evening Ulster, The Travelling Picture Show, Rip-Off Britain, Loose Women, Strictly Come Dancing, This Morning, The One Show, Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, This Is Your Life, and The Masked Singer.
She was awarded an OBE for services to cancer charities through breast screening services and cancer support in 2017.
After the ceremony earlier, Hunniford said it had been an “extremely special” day.
“Some of my most treasured moments in broadcasting have taken place in this city, so I am delighted and humbled to have received the Freedom of the City of London,” she said.
