Alan Cumming has handed back his OBE over 'toxicity' in the British Empire.
The actor, 58, was presented with the honour at Buckingham Palace in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2009 for his ‘activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community’ in the US but announced on Friday that he has handed back the award.
Taking to Twitter on his 58th birthday he wrote: "The Queen’s death and the ensuing conversations about the role of monarchy and especially the way the British Empire profited at the expense (and death) of indigenous peoples across the world really opened my eyes.
