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Ex-footballer Geoff Thomas receives MBE for charity work

Former England footballer Geoff Thomas has received an MBE for his charitable work.

Mr Thomas, who received nine caps for the national team, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2003, a year after he retired.

He subsequently raised millions of pounds for charity, became a patron of Cure Leukaemia and launched his own charity, The Geoff Thomas Foundation.

He received his honour from Princess Anne at Windsor Castle.

Mr Thomas was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2021.

At the time, Mr Thomas, from Redditch in Worcestershire, said he was "very humbled" to have been recognised.