{"id":24019,"date":"2022-10-18T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1724010"},"modified":"2022-10-18T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:50:09","slug":"daniel-craig-receives-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-same-honour-as-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/daniel-craig-receives-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george-same-honour-as-james-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Craig receives Order of St Michael and St George \u2013\u00a0same honour as James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>You can take Daniel Craig out of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/bond-films-watch-online\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Bond films<\/a>, but you can\u2019t take the Bond out of Daniel Craig it seems, with the actor being made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George \u2013 an honour also held by 007.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Family shared the news via its Twitter account today alongside a photograph of Princess Anne presenting Craig with the award (a CMG), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film and theatre at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">We\u2019ve been expecting you\u2026<br\/><br\/>????\ufe0fThe Princess Royal presents Daniel Craig with The Order of St Michael and St George &#8211; the same honour held by his character James Bond &#8211; in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film and theatre. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/X20TP6BogL&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/X20TP6BogL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1582319162307018752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been expecting you\u2026,\u201d the Tweet read. \u201cThe Princess Royal presents Daniel Craig with the Order of St Michael and St George \u2013 the same honour held by his character James Bond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig starred as James Bond in the last five Bond films, making his debut in 2006\u2019s Casino Royale and bowing out of the role in last year\u2019s No Time To Die.<\/p>\n<p>The Ian Fleming character, who has been portrayed by seven actors in the film franchise, was fictionally decorated with the CMG in 1953, as referred to in Fleming\u2019s novels From Russia with Love and On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service.<\/p> <p>Craig isn\u2019t the only person to receive royal honours today, with Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass receiving a CBE. Triathlon champion Jonny Brownlee and two-time gold medal swimmer James Guy were also given MBEs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/britains-got-talent-2022-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/a> star Ashley Banjo has been awarded as MBE for his services to dance, too, as well as tennis coach Louis Cayer, who has worked with Jamie Murray and Emma Raducanu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every James Bond film is now available to stream on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/amazon-prime-video\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/video\/offers\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fgp%2Fvideo%2Foffers%2F%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1722488&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">you can sign up now for a free 30-day Prime Video trial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; 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