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Michael Sheen handed back his OBE so he could air views on royal family

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Hollywood star Michael Sheen has revealed that he handed back his OBE so he could air his views on the royal family without being a "hypocrite".The 51-year-old actor received the accolade back in the 2009 New Year's Honours for his services to drama.However, he decided to return the prestigious award after researching the history of his native Wales for his 2017 Raymond Williams lecture.The Masters of Sex star, who is from Port Talbot, South Wales, said he decided to to announce his decision at the time because he thought people would find it insulting.Speaking to newspaper columnist Owen Jones this week, Sheen said: "Raymond Williams famously wrote a piece called Who Speaks For Wales in 1971 - and I took that as my starting point for the.

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