Gordon Brown, 3 Dads Walking and Susie Dent also given awards in the King's Birthday honours.
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Sporting honours in this year's list include a knighthood for cycling star Mark Cavendish, as well as honours for former international footballers Graeme Souness, Ally McCoist and Karen Carney. He founded a campaign to overturn the convictions and his fight for justice became the subject of ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.may be in a position to provide some pointers on royal etiquette of her own when she attends her investiture ceremony, having portrayed the late Queen Elizabeth II in two series of Netflix drama The Crown.
They include My Bed - a dishevelled bed inspired by four days she stayed in bed drinking vodka - which was exhibited at London's Tate Gallery and later sold at Christie's auctioneers for £2.5m.Mark Cavendish has joined Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins as a knight on two wheelsthe cyclist from the Isle of Man who became known as the Manx Missile and is now Sir Mark.
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