Queen Elizabeth II has honored campaigning actress Angelina Jolie in a Buckingham Palace ceremony.
The queen made Jolie an honorary dame for her work against sexual violence in war zones and her services to British foreign policy.
She received the award Friday during a private meeting with the queen.
The decision to grant it was
announced in June when Jolie co-chaired a conference in London aimed at curbing
war-related sexual violence. She worked closely with former British Foreign
Minister William
Hague on that conference.
The 39-year-old Jolie has drawn
praise from many world figures for her work on behalf of refugees and victims
of sexual violence.
Jolie recently married longtime
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