The chancellor of the University of Manchester has been awarded an OBE and celebrated with a coffee at McDonalds before the ceremony. Lemn Sissay, 54 from Wigan, was the official poet of the London 2012 Olympics and awarded an MBE in 2009, along with many other accolades.
Today, he was recognised with an Order of the British Empire at Windsor Castle.
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