Post Office campaigner Alan Bates, former prime minister Gordon Brown and artist Tracey Emin are among the famous faces recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list. The highest award went to Brown who was made a Companion of Honour, while Sir Alan was knighted in recognition of his campaigning work which highlighted the Post Office Horizon scandal. Emin, actress Imelda Staunton and fashion accessories designer Anya Hindmarch were all made dames in the list, while writer Armando Iannucci was made a CBE and cyclist Mark Cavendish was knighted.
Singer Rebecca Ferguson, Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon, Countdown's Susie Dent and Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden were among the showbiz names to be made MBEs. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. In the sporting world, former cyclist Chris Boardman and former Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness were made CBEs, while former England footballer Karen Carney was made an OBE.
More than 1000 people from across the UK received honours in Friday's list. Sir Alan, the founder of Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance who was played by Toby Jones in an ITV drama about the scandal, said he was "honoured" by his knighthood. The former subpostmaster, who previously rejected an OBE honour, told the PA news agency: "The time I was asked about the OBE.
.. I felt it would have been quite offensive to many of the group if I'd accepted it.
"But I do know that I've had hundreds of emails and letters of.
