Christopher Lee is knighted

The veteran actor, famous for playing Dracula among other roles, received a knighthood for his services to drama and charity

Fri 30 Oct 2009 16.50 GMT First published on Fri 30 Oct 2009 16.50 GMT

The count looms perilously close to the royal jugular. Is he making polite small talk with HRH or struggling to contain a raging thirst for blue blood?
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Absolutely fangulous: Lee hovers over a young Joanna Lumley in The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974).
Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features
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The Prince of Wales wisely opts to knight Sir Christopher - aka Star Wars' Count Dooku - with a ceremonial sword rather than a light sabre
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Don't cross me: The count meets his match in Dracula (1958)
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The newly enobled Sir Christopher displays his knightly credentials. Shame he went for morning dress rather than fangs and a cape …
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Your vampire needs you: Lee bewitches the camera with his sharp threads, sharper teeth and starey eyes in Dracula AD 1972 (1972, obviously)
Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Sir Christopher practises his dark Sith mind tricks on the unsuspecting prince: "You will not believe critics who claim the last three Star Wars films are vastly inferior to the first three …"
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He's behind you: The count goes in for the kill in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
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