Joan Collins on the New Year Honours list

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Dame Joan, who was made an OBE for her contribution to the arts in 1997, is recognised this time for services to charity. She said she was "thrilled and truly grateful". Dame Kristin, who is shortly to play the Queen on stage in The Audience, said she was "thrilled, astonished and worried that I might suddenly wake up".

BBC News - NY Honours for poppy duo Joan Collins and John Hurt