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Veteran actress Sue Johnston has collected her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Veteran actress Sue Johnston has collected her OBE - for her services to drama and charity- from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The star said she was "delighted" and "honoured" when she was told about receiving the accolade in June. The 65-year-old is best known for her role as Barbara Royle in BBC One's The Royle Family and Sheila Grant in Channel 4 soap Brookside.
The 65-year-old actress is best known for playing Barbara Royle in BBC One comedy The Royle Family and Sheila Grant in Channel 4 soap Brookside. But the star said she did not think the Queen was a fan of The Royle Family.
The Warrington-born performer has been recognised for her services to drama and to charity. "I doubt she watches it - I bet William and Harry do though, but I don't think it would be quite her thing," she said.
She has also appeared in Inspector Morse and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as well as film Brassed Off. She said I managed to combine acting work with charity and I said I liked to be able to give something back Sue Johnston
More recent roles include playing a forensic psychologist in crime drama Waking The Dead. The Warrington-born actress added that she and the Queen had discussed her charity work during the ceremony which includes raising money for Francis House Children's Hospice in Manchester.
Johnston also received acclaim for playing a woman with motor neurone disease in Goodbye Cruel World. She has also helped to raise money for Haringey Shed, a theatre project for young people with disabilities.
"She said I managed to combine acting work with charity and I said I liked to be able to give something back," Johnston said.
The actress, who has also appeared in Inspector Morse, Waking The Dead and British film Brassed Off, said her late parents would have been more proud of the honour than any of her acting successes.
"When I got the letter I got quite emotional because I wanted to tell my parents and I couldn't," she said.
"Of all the things I've done this would have been the best for them."