All rise for Dame Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury has received her honour from Queen Elizabeth after being made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours.

The star of stage and screen, aged 88, received the honour at Windsor Castle.

“It is a very proud day for me to be recognised by the country of my birth, and to meet the Queen under these circumstances is a rare and lovely occasion,” she said.

The former Murder, She Wrote star was born in London but left for the US as a child during World War II, where she has enjoyed a prolific career.

She has been nominated three times for an Academy Award, receiving an honorary Oscar last year.

“One (the Oscar) is for my work in motion pictures and this is for the overall accomplishments of my life as an actress,” she said.

“It has afforded me the joy of working in America and also in England a great deal.”

She joins a select group of acting Dames, including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Penelope Keith.

Source: SKY News