(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Jolie was among 1149 people to receive an honour for their contribution to British society in the 2014 Queens Birthday Honours list.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made actress Angelina Jolie an honorary Dame at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday in recognition of her campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones and for services to UK foreign policy.
Angelina Jolie was awarded an honorary damehood (DCMG) for services to UK foreign policy and the campaign to end war zone sexual violence. - AFP
The queen presented Oscar-winning Jolie who is special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George.
Dressed in a pale suit she shook hands with the queen during an audience in the 1844 Room named for the year when Russian Emperor Nicholas I made a state visit.
Jolie 39 co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative with former Foreign Secretary William Hague in 2012 and the award was announced in June when Jolie was co-chairing the End Sexual Violence in Conflict summit in London with Hague.
“To receive an honour related to foreign policy means a great deal to me as it is what I wish to dedicate my working life to” she said at the time.
She was among 1149 people to receive an honour for their contribution to British society in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Jolie is not a British citizen and therefore cannot be addressed as Dame. She receives the award on an honorary basis.
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