JK Rowling honoured with Freedom of London award

Rowling, 46, has been honoured with the Freedom of the City of London award to recognise her services to children's literature. The author was handed a framed parchment certificate of her accolade Tuesday, reported Daily Star online.

"I am prouder than I can say to be given the freedom of the City," Rowling said.

The freedom traditionally permits the recipient to be drunk and disorderly on the streets of the city without fearing arrest, and to drive sheep over London Bridge but these privileges are mainly symbolic in modern times.