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New Year Honours: Idris Elba, Torvill and Dean, and Lionesses among those recognised
More than 1,150 people across the UK received honours including knighthoods and damehoods for contributions to sport, youth services, arts, and community, with 67% living outside London.
- On Monday, the King's New Year honours list named ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean among more than 1,150 recipients of knighthoods, damehoods, CBEs, OBEs and MBEs decided by the honours committee in the United Kingdom.
- Rooted in a long history, the honours system, awarded since at least 1890, recognises contributions to national life, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said 'This year's Honours list celebrates the very best of Britain- people who put the common good ahead of themselves to strengthen communities and change lives'.
- Elba, who founded the Elba Hope Foundation, said, 'I receive this honour on behalf of the many young people whose talent, ambition and resilience has driven the work of the Elba Hope Foundation'.
- Recipients will be invested later in 2026 at royal residences such as Buckingham Palace, with King Charles III’s latest list including 1,157 recipients, 67% of whom live outside London and the South East.
- Beyond celebrities, the list recognises England women's football team, the Lionesses and England women's rugby team, the Red Roses after major wins, alongside community figures like 102-year-old John Hearn and Horizon IT scandal campaigner Betty Brown.
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Idris Elba officially entered the British legend. This December 30th, the actor was elevated to the rank of knight by King Charles III during the traditional New Year's Eve promotion. If the 53-year-old actor is celebrated worldwide for his roles in Luther or The Wire, it is above all his fierce commitment to white-armed violence and his action with the youth that he is now worth to become Sir Idris.
The King of England has distinguished, as every year, 1,157 people who "put the general interest ahead of themselves," according to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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