Stars of screen, style and literature are among those to have been recognized in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours list.
Actor Damian Lewis, star of hit show “Homeland,” has been made a CBE for services to drama and charity for initiating the campaign to raise £1 million ($1.25 million) to provide food for NHS workers throughout the pandemic. The 51-year-old actor launched the campaign together with his late wife, Helen McCrory, best known for her roles in the “Harry Potter” films and “Peaky Blinders,” who died last year.
The UK’s Cabinet Office published the full list of 1,134 recipients online, saying that the honors were awarded for individuals’ “outstanding contributions across all sectors, but in particular for sustained public service, the environment and sustainability, and youth engagement.”
Among those to have been recognized was fashion designer Stella McCartney, whose clothes have often been worn by the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
This list also awards Companions of Honour to author Salman Rushdie for his services to literature and Quentin Blake — whose pictures were incorporated in many Roald Dahl books — for services to illustration. There are only 65 Companions of Honour at any given time.
In a statement released by the Cabinet Office, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “This historic Platinum Jubilee is not only a celebration of the monarch but of the qualities she possesses. The honours she confers this week reflect many of those qualities that have been invaluable from all different walks of life and to communities across the UK.
“I pay tribute to all of this year’s winners. Their stories of courage and compassion are an inspiration to us all.”
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