Congratulations Fanny Rodwell on your award

Fanny Rodwell, widow of Herge and president of the Herge Museum, was, on Friday, made a Chevalier de l'Ordre de Léopold - Knight of the Order of Leopold, an award similar to a Commonwealth Knighthood.

The event took place at the Belgium embassy in Paris and she was decorated by Didier Reynders, the Belgian Foreign Minister, who was in Paris for an exhibition of Tintin at the Grand Palais.

Click here for some photos of the event.