During an interview with talk show host Graham Norton, the 'Colette' star confesses that she hid the letter from the Home Office because she worries she got in trouble with tax.
- Dec 29, 2018
AceShowbiz - Keira Knightley feared her OBE letter was a tax demand and didn't open it for days.
The actress picked up her Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on 13 December, and tells chat show host Graham Norton she stalled opening the letter that revealed she had been chosen for the high honour because she thought it was a nasty note from tax collectors.
"I didn't open the envelope for about three days," she says. "It was from the Home Office and it was terrifying because I thought I was in trouble with tax and that I had messed it up and that they were going to take away the house. So, I hid the letter!"
"After three days, I thought, 'I am a mother, I am responsible and I am going to confess to my husband that I've messed up', so I opened it and it was a prize!"
Keira's interview was taped for Norton's New Year's Eve special, which airs in Britain on Monday, December 31 and also features Guy Pearce, Catherine Tate, Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult, and singer Rita Ora, who impressed the host and his guests by showing off her party piece and belching the alphabet.
