Angelina Jolie has received another award, though this time it isn’t for acting but for her humanitarian work on behalf of victims of sexual violence. Jolie was made an honorary dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to U.K. foreign policy on behalf of victims of sexual violence. Jolie received the award in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen presented Jolie with the insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. After the award presentation, Jolie’s husband, Brad Pitt, and their six children, were brought in for an audience with the Queen.

“To receive an honor related to foreign policy means a great deal to me, as it is whatI wish to dedicate my working life to,” Jolie previously said. “Working on PVSI [Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative] and with survivors of rape is an honor in itself. I know that succeeding in our goals will take a lifetime, and I am dedicated to it for all of mine.”

“We must work together – legislators, political, doctors, investigators – to enable immediate prosecution against those guilty of war crimes,” Jolie told the French edition of Marie Claire. “Every morning, I get the U.N. report on recent sexual abuses against women in 20 countries, and the progress of actions undertaken.”

The title is honorary because Jolie is a foreign citizen, which prevents her from receiving an official dame title.

Jolie currently serves as a U.N. Special Envoy and co-founded the PVSI with U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague in 2002. The initiative has the goal of increasing prosecutions internationally for sexual violence and support countries in both preventing and responding to the global issue.