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Damian Attends Helen’s OBE Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace – Nov 7, 2017

That Makes Two OBE’s for the Lewis Household

by Julia Pritchard | Daily Mail | November 7, 2017

Honoured: The Peaky Blinders star, 49, could not contain her joy as she proudly posed after her Investiture ceremony with husband Damian Lewis, and the honour in hand

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Actress Helen McCrory beamed with delight on Tuesday as she was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

The Peaky Blinders star, 49, could not contain her joy as she proudly posed after her Investiture ceremony with husband Damian Lewis, and her honour for services to drama in hand. Helen radiates beside Damian as she collected her OBE… after revealing she mistook the invite for an unpaid bill.

The mother-of-two went on to reveal she had almost missed the exciting event – as she had mistaken her invitation letter for an unpaid bill.  ‘I thought ‘Oh God, he hasn’t paid something again!’

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Damian Lewis is awarded his OBE from fellow Old Etonian Prince William, Daily Mail, November 26, 2014

‘It’s like being made a prefect’: Actor Damian Lewis is awarded his OBE from fellow Old Etonian Prince William

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Damian Lewis is Awarded OBE from Prince William: ‘It’s like being made a prefect’ – Nov 26, 2014

‘It’s like being made a prefect’: Actor Damian Lewis is awarded his OBE from fellow Old Etonian Prince William

He may be one of Britain’s biggest acting exports, becoming an international celebrity on the back of roles in Homeland and Band Of Brothers.

But Damian Lewis has called being awarded an OBE by his fellow Old Etonion the Duke of Cambridge a ‘huge surprise’.

Prince William and Damian Lewis, OBE Honors

The 43-year-old actor compared the honour at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon to being made a school prefect, as he felt it put him under pressure to be extremely responsible and to prove himself.

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Damian Lewis: OBE a Compliment says Homeland Star, BT, June 14 2014

OBE a compliment says Homeland star

Last updated: 14 June 2014, 16:12 BST

Homeland star Damian Lewis said he decided to do “the very un-British thing” and accept his OBE awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Damian Lewis said: "I decided to do the very un-British thing of accepting the compliment"
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