CBE for glamorous gran Sheila Hancock
SHEILA Hancock took her family to Buckingham Palace yesterday where Prince Charles awarded her a “richly deserved” CBE.
A self-confessed fan and Palace aide also congratulated the actress. “It was lovely,” she said. Sheila, 78, was married to John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse for 29 years until his death in 2002. She found fame in the sitcom The Rag Trade in the 1960s. Recently she has written bestselling memoirs and was a judge on TV’s Over The Rainbow.
Also at the Palace were Joanna, 36, her daughter with Thaw, left, and granddaughters Lola, 12, and Molly-Mae, 13.