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Mary Poppins legend Dick Van Dyke hoping for knighthood after lifetime achievement award

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Dick Van Dyke hopes to be Poppins along to Buckingham Palace after landing a prestigious award in the US. The Hollywood icon – famed for his chimney sweep role alongside Julie Andrews – has been made a Kennedy Center honouree for his lifetime of contributions to American culture.

And asked what comes next, the 95-year-old Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins star with the dodgy Cockney accent declared: “I think the next thing is a knighthood.” Dick said of his performing arts award: “Recognition from your peers is always icing on the cake.

How did I get to a Kennedy award? I never trained or did anything. I just ­enjoyed myself.” The veteran star is also well-known on both sides of the Atlantic for his long-running self-titled comedy

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