Britain's Queen Elizabeth made actress Angelina
Jolie an honorary Dame at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday in
recognition of her campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones and for
services to UK foreign policy.
The queen presented Oscar-winning Jolie, who is
special envoy to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the
Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St
Michael and St George.
Dressed in a pale suit, she shook hands with the
queen during an audience in the 1844 Room, named for the year when Russian
Emperor Nicholas I made a state visit.
Jolie, 39, co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence
Initiative with former Foreign Secretary William Hague in 2012, and the award
was announced in June when Jolie was co-chairing the End Sexual Violence in
Conflict summit in London with Hague.
"To receive an honor related to foreign policy
means a great deal to me, as it is what I wish to dedicate my working life
to," she said at the time.
She was among 1,149 people to receive an honor for
their contribution to British society in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honors list.
Jolie is not a British citizen and therefore cannot
be addressed as Dame. She receives the award on an honorary basis.
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