Wheelchair tennis star Jordanne Whiley, one of Britain's most successful players, has described her joy at receiving an MBE from the Princess Royal.

Whiley last year completed the feat that has eluded all previous disabled and able bodied tennis players - a calendar Grand Slam of all four majors.

The 23-year-old from Birmingham, who has brittle bone disease, won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open doubles crowns with sporting partner Yui Kamiji from Japan.

The pair have dominated women's doubles in recent years and during 2015 defended their Wimbledon and Australian titles, with Whiley winning the singles championship at the US Open.

After the Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony the tennis star played down her achievement. "I didn't actually set out to do the calendar Grand Slam.

"I think it wasn't until I'd won the Australian Open and Roland Garros that I said to Yui 'we're halfway there, we might as well go for all four' and everything just clicked and it was my year."

Of her MBE, she added: "It's amazing I didn't expect it at all, when I got the letter through the post I read it about five or six times, I thought it was a mistake - I just couldn't believe it."