8 h. ago Idris Elba knighted by King Charles as New Year Honours list 2026 revealed including Lioness stars

The New Year Honours list 2026 has been revealed with Idris Elba knighted, while Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Matt Lucas, Richard Osman and some of the Lionesses have also been honoured

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10 h. ago Torvill and Dean hail damehood and knighthood as 'perfect' end to careers

Ice skating champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have called their inclusion on the New Year's honours list the 'perfect' way the finish their careers as they prepare to retire

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20 h. ago Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean speak about their New Year Honours

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who won gold with their Bolero performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics, last night spoke about their damehood and knighthood

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20 h. ago Idris Elba, Sarina Wiegman and Torvill and Dean lead New Year's Honours list

The stars are among a host of people recognised for their services in the annual list

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21 h. ago Idris Elba, Torvill and Dean, Lionesses and Red Roses lead honours list

Sir Idris is knighted for services to young people and Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher are recognised for services to ice skating and volunteering.

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21 h. ago Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean become dame and knight in New Year Honours

Members of England’s Rugby World Cup and Euro 2025 winning sides were also recognised.

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21 h. ago Knighthood and damehood a ‘perfect’ end to skating career for Torvill and Dean

The pair described the honours as ‘wonderful and humbling’.

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21 h. ago New Year's Honours List LIVE: Idris Elba and Torvill and Dean recognised by King

Leading the list of people recognised by the King in the New Year's honours are actor Idris Elba along with ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean who won Olympic gold

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21 h. ago Idris Elba knighted in new year honours list also featuring Torvill and Dean

Meera Syal also made dame while England women’s football and rugby winners feature prominentlyThe actors Idris Elba and Meera Syal have been made a knight and a dame in the new year honours list, with top awards also going to the ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.The former head of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard, was also made a dame and there were knighthoods for Patrick McCabe, a former UN official responsible for clearing unexploded bombs in Gaza; Tristram Hunt, the former Labour MP and now director of the V&A, for services to museums; and Roy Clarke, creator of the sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago New Year's Honour's list 2026 — stars from Idris Elba to Paul Chuckle given top gongs

Torvill and Dean, Meera Syal, Ellie Goulding and the Lionesses are also among the big names recognised for their services and achievements in this year's NY Honours list

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21 h. ago King's New Year Honours list 2026: Full list of celebrities and famous faces recognised

The New Year Honours list for 2026 has been revealed with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean among those honoured

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46 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

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46 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

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47 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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50 h. ago Torvill and Dean address romance rumours after relationship 'crossed the line'

The legendary ice dancers have retired from performing after a 50-year career saw them win world and Olympic titles

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66 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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3 d. 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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1 week ago Dean says final performance with Torvill ‘almost felt like the Olympics again’

The duo announced their retirement from skating together in 2024.

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2 w. ago Meet the Team GB figure skating star using Spice Girls setlist to fire her to Winter Olympic glory

Torvill and Dean were the last British pairing to earn a Winter Olympic medal in the sport, at Lillehammer 1994, but Lilah Fear and her skating partner Lewis Gibson have been hotly tipped to end the drought at Milano-Cortina in February

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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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