Welsh actor Catherine Zeta Jones, who has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, has described her investiture as "very personal".
The 41-year-old film and theatre star received the CBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace for services to the film industry and to charity.
She was accompanied by her husband, American actor Michael Douglas, who is recovering from throat cancer, and their children Dylan and Carys.
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A healthy looking Michael Douglas treated his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones to a romantic evening out for Valentine's Day.
The Wall Road: Money Never Sleeps actor looked like he had been piling the kilos again on that he lost throughout months of radiotherapy therapy for throat cancer.
He even appeared tanned as he and Zeta-Jones headed for a dinner date in New York.
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One constructive side to Michael Douglas's battle to beat the throat most cancers first diagnosed in August: the already tight-knit Douglas clan, together with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, grew even closer.
"One factor that all cancer survivors speak about is a brand new depth of feeling that you've got for family members," Douglas, 66, mentioned Thursday night during his first public look since learning he's most cancers-free. At instances his voice sounding a bit scratchy, the Wall Road Oscar winner obtained the Palm Springs Film Competition's Icon Award, with Zeta-Jones and his brother, Joel Douglas, also there for him.
Underscoring his point about family members, Douglas checked out his spouse and said, "It is made us even nearer, and positively there is a depth of emotion and an appreciation of your daily life that you did not have before."
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Although Douglas has been advised the tumor is gone, he nonetheless knows to exercise warning - and go every month for the next 12 months to be checked by his doctors.
When it got here to the moment he obtained the all-clear sign, Douglas instructed PEOPLE, "It was type of attention-grabbing, as a result of we both had an inkling before we found out that I had most cancers that one thing was happening, and this was sort of the same - where we sort of knew it before."
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However he stated he's holding off any celebrating: "I think I will probably be clicking my heels in another couple of months. I'd like to get a pair more clean inspections in there earlier than I say, 'Whoop-dee-doo.' "
And when it got here to how his two younger youngsters, Dylan and Carys, dealt along with his sickness, Douglas said: "Effectively, they're 10 and seven, and so they definitely knew the word 'cancer,' however I don't know if they knew to the extent. I introduced them right down to the radiation, and they really thought it was cool because it was this huge Star Wars machine, and they put a masks on my face like Hannibal Lecter."
After a laugh, he said, "They have been terribly good about it, as a result of essentially the most difficult part is that it simply knocks you out, and so you lie around rather a lot, and it is simply very frustrating that you could't rise up and play. Their patience was extraordinary, so final weekend all of us had a nice little celebration with Catherine, and we went out for some lunch and my son Dylan was like, 'Uh-oh, that means you can catch me now!' "
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