- She won £7450 for her chosen charity on The Weakest Link (2000). (February 2002)
- She didn't learn to drive an automobile until she was age 56.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Literature.
- Patron of the charity Celia Cross Greyhound Trust.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Literature and to Charity. She is an author and journalist in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
- On November 13, 2009, she received an honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from the University of Gloucestershire at a ceremony in Gloucester Cathedral. She received another honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from Anglia Ruskin University (2023).
- She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2024 King's New Years Honours List for her services to Literature and to Charity. She is an author and journalist in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
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