You can now officially call Joan Collins, the queen of '80s primetime soap Dynasty and an upcoming guest star on The Royals, a dame. At a ceremony in Buckingham Palace on Thursday, Prince Charles, the first in line to the U.K. throne, presented the 81-year-old actress with an insignia for her new title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Cbe), which makes her an honorary dame, the female equivalent of a knight. Wearing a cream dress with a ruffled knee-length skirt, a matching cape jacket, black gloves, black and white pumps an ornate white pillbox hat with a black birdcage veil and bright red lipstick, Collins accepted the honor as her husband Percy Gibson, daughter Tara Newley and...
- 3/26/2015
- E! Online
Queen of showbiz Joan Collins showed off her new honor from a real Queen on Thursday when she visited Buckingham Palace.
The actress, who is set to appear in an upcoming episode of E!'s The Royals as the (fictional) Queen's mother, was presented her damehood by the heir to the throne, Prince Charles, 66.
"Not in a billion years did I think I would be made a Dame; it never even crossed my mind," Collins, 81, told reporters at the palace. "It wasn't anything I ever aspired to. I just wanted to be a jobbing actress, a working actor and somebody who could still perform.
The actress, who is set to appear in an upcoming episode of E!'s The Royals as the (fictional) Queen's mother, was presented her damehood by the heir to the throne, Prince Charles, 66.
"Not in a billion years did I think I would be made a Dame; it never even crossed my mind," Collins, 81, told reporters at the palace. "It wasn't anything I ever aspired to. I just wanted to be a jobbing actress, a working actor and somebody who could still perform.
- 3/26/2015
- by Simon Perry, @SPerryPeoplemag
- People.com - TV Watch
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