1 hour ago The household names to turn down gongs from the Queen or King with New Year's honours list due

Being handed an honour by the monarch is widely considered a huge achievement there are plenty of well-known faces who have spurned the advances of Buckingham Palace

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5 h. ago Torvill and Dean fans 'emotional' as ITV show has them asking the same question

Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's final tour is featured in an ITV documentary The Last Dance which aired Sunday night

Culture

6 h. ago Torvill & Dean: The Last Dance viewers say the same thing minutes into ITV show

Olympic champion ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are seen embarking on the final tour of their 50-year career in an ITV documentary

Culture

7 h. ago Dancing On Ice's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean 'to be honoured by King'

Gold medal winning Olympic heroes Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are set to receive top honours from HM King Charles III this New Year - over 40 years after they triumphed in Sarajevo

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26 h. ago Dancing On Ice's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean 'will be given damehood and knighthood in the King's New Year Honours' after five decades of skating

Jayne, 68, and Christopher, 67, were appointed MBEs in 1981 and OBEs in 2000, and a petition for their knighthood and damehood was last rejected in 2023.

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32 h. ago Christopher Dean's 'scary' admission to worried crowd after Jayne Torvill fall

There were concerning scenes when the figure skating icon suffered a heavy fall during a show, prompting gasps from the audience

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3 d. ago People to refuse an honour from the Queen or King as New Year's honours list due

While many see being recognised as an honour there are many high-profile people who have rejected honours from the Queen or King

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6 d. ago Students’ ‘honour’ at building project marking 35th year of King’s Foundation

The new structure is inspired by the legend of Ghillie Dhu, a mythical being once thought to inhabit woodland near Loch a Druing in the Highlands.

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2 w. ago Incredible reason girl, 11, becomes youngest person to be honoured with an MBE

Carmela Chillery-Watson, 11, was recognised in the King's Birthday Honours for her services to charitable fundraising after raising over £400,000 for Muscular Dystrophy UK

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2 w. ago Girl, 11, ‘speechless’ after becoming youngest person to receive MBE

Carmela Chillery-Watson was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to charitable fundraising

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2 w. ago Philanthropist Sir Hans Rausing ‘immensely proud’ of receiving Knight Bachelor

‘This would have meant a great deal to my late wife, Julia, whose vision led to the creation of our charitable trust,’ says Tetra Pak heir

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2 w. ago The Who rocker Sir Roger Daltrey, 81, is awarded his knighthood by the Prince of Wales after gushing he was 'deeply honoured' to be recognised

The rocker, 81, was recognised with a knight bachelor in The King's Birthday Honours list in June for services to charity and music.

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2 w. ago Team GB figure skater hoping to channel spirit of Scotland's World Cup heroes at Milano

Gibson forms one half of the most decorated British ice dance pairing of all time alongside Lilah Fear, with the pair looking to become their nation’s first Olympic medallists in the event since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1994

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2 w. ago Welsh TV presenter Ruth Dodsworth collects King's honour she says is for 'every single person who held my hand'

Ruth has publicly spoken out about her own experience with coercive control at the hands of her ex-husband, and has now been awarded for her services to victims and survivors of domestic abuse

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2 w. ago Claudia Winkleman smiles ear to ear after officially being made an MBE

The Strictly Come Dancing presenter and The Traitors host, 53, was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.

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2 w. ago Claudia Winkleman beams as she receives MBE from the King ahead of Strictly Come Dancing exit

The presenter, 53, was recognised alongside her Strictly co-host Tess Daly, with both women recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting

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2 w. ago Traitors host Claudia Winkleman among those to be honoured at Windsor Castle

Winkleman and her Strictly Come Dancing co-host Tess Daly were both made MBEs in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.

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3 w. ago UK and Germany will ‘bolster Europe’ against Russian threat, says Charles

The King spoke during a Windsor Castle state banquet in honour of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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3 w. ago King strips Andrew of Garter and Royal Victorian Order honours

Charles directed that Andrew’s titles should be ‘cancelled and annulled’, with confirmation published in The Gazette.

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4 w. ago Richard Branson touched by beautiful gesture to wife Joan after her death

Sir Richard Branson has shared an incredibly touching gesture made by the King of Bhutan in honour of his late wife who died earlier this month at the age of 80

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