Actor Adil Ray has been recognised with an OBE for services to broadcasting.

He received the award from the Duke of Cambridge during a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony, where a two-minute silence was observed to mark Armistice Day.

Best known for his BBC comedy series Citizen Khan Adil said: "I started as a DJ playing music on the radio and ended up doing journalism on the radio and documentary film making and now I've got a sitcom on the telly.

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Adil Ray is made an OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Duke of Cambridge during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London. (Pictures: Dominic Lipinski/PA)

"I think the great thing about all of that is it's all about story telling - that's what I'm doing. I feel very privileged to have got this far and got the award today."

He added: "In the end I just want to make comedy, in the kind of world we're living in today - you can look at events this week around the world - if something like Citizen Khan and comedy can help us all appreciate each other a bit more and laugh at the same things together, that can only be a good thing."