Charles is an OBE since 2006

14 Nov 2006 :Actor Charles Dance received his OBE from the Queen today and declared afterwards: "I was more nervous than on a first night at the National."

"Really I've no idea though - it would be nice to know why these things happen," he said.

"You just do the best you can do. We were fortunate enough to have Her Majesty come to the opening of the first film I made as a director, Ladies In Lavender, two years ago, so I don't know if that may have had something to do with it."