Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford has been awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth for her services to cancer charities.
The 77-year-old started a charitable foundation with her sons Paul and Michael in memory of daughter Caron Keating, who died from breast cancer in 2004.
The Portadown-born Loose Women and Rip Off Britain presenter this year celebrates 70 years working in showbusiness,
The Caron Keating Foundation, which was set up by Gloria and her sons, gives grants to small cancer charities across the country, funding professional carers, support groups and counselling services.
They also help to fund pieces of machinery for faster detection, drivers to take cancer patients to and from treatment centres and complementary therapies to help with pain control.
Keating was a popular Blue Peter presenter and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 after the birth of her second son Gabriel.
She was initially told she would be lucky to survive more than 18 months but went on to live for seven years before she died in her mother’s arms in 2004.
Hunniford was nominated for the OBE by Action Cancer in Belfast.
When she was named in the Birthday Honours, she said: "Getting the OBE is very humbling because it's not for showbusiness."
