Stephen Sutton's mother 'proud' to collect MBE for her son
The mother of teenage cancer hero Stephen Sutton has said receiving his MBE from the Queen was a "bitter-sweet" moment.
Jane Sutton collected the honour at Buckingham Palace on behalf of her son, who died in May following a four-year battle against bowel cancer.
The 19-year-old raised more than £5 million for charity and became a household name for the way he approached his disease with good humour and stoicism, with his trademark thumbs-up sign a symbol of his positive attitude.
He was told just days before he died that he would be included on the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Mrs Sutton, who was accompanied by her parents and Stephen's younger brother Christopher, said the Queen was "very impressed" with the amount of money Stephen had raised.