Royal family shares exciting news about King Charles event at Buckingham Palace

The royal family has shared an exciting update as King Charles presented Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden with MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire, at the Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

The 76-year-old monarch appears in high spirits in the newly released picture on the royal family's social media accounts.

The Palace wrote in caption: "Keeeeeep dancing! Professional dancer Amy Dowden was one of many to be presented with an MBE by The King today."

It added, "A huge congratulations to all those who received their honours at Buckingham Palace!".

Dancing queen Amy Dowden expressed her gratitude to the monarch in the comments section.

She wrote: "Still doesn’t feel real! Forever grateful and truly honoured!"

Dowden was honoured with an MBE for services to fundraising and raising awareness of inflammatory bowel disease.

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