Alan Cumming slammed 'toxic royals' and returned OBE before BAFTAs

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Alan Cumming will come face-to-face with the royal family as he hosts the BAFTAs on Sunday night, following his decision to return his OBE. The star received the prestigious award in 2009 for his services to the LGBTQ+ community in the US, but in 2023, he decided to hand it back after he “opened [his] eyes” to the “toxicity” of the British Empire. While he was “honoured” at the time, he explained that the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the conversation around the British Empire’s bloody