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King’s Birthday Honours list in full – From footie legends to ex-Prime Ministers

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King’s Birthday Honours list in full – From footie legends to ex-Prime Ministers

King Charles’ Birthday Honours List for 2024 has been published in full this evening – with an impressive range of famous faces and unsung heroes being rightfully recognised for their tireless work in service of others.

Post Office campaigner Alan Bates will receive a knighthood, while football legends Ally McCoist and Graeme Souness will be handed OBEs. In the showbiz world, it was a surprise inclusion for The Crown star Imelda Staunton – who was recently spotted giving her personal endorsement to Labour’s General Election manifesto.




Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was awarded the highest possible honour in Friday’s list. Former Labour leader Mr Brown said he felt “slightly embarrassed” about being made a Companion of Honour, which is limited to just 65 people at any one time, adding that he preferred to recognise “unsung, local heroes”.

Ally McCoist has been handed an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List this year(Getty Images for National Lottery)

The youngest recipient in the list was 20-year-old Shamza Butt who received a British Empire Medal for her work at the voluntary development programme National Citizen Service on behalf of young people.

Harold Jones was the oldest recipient, who at 100 years old received a British Empire Medal for his fundraising for motor neurone disease charities in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands.

Award organisers said 64% of recipients were people who showed “outstanding work” in their communities either in a voluntary or paid capacity, adding that 66% of recipients lived outside London and the South East.

Of the 1,077 people honoured in the 2024 list, 509 were women – representing 48% of the total – and 10% of all successful candidates were from an ethnic minority background.

At CBE level and above, 40% of recipients were women.

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