Brian May, Chris Kamara, Rachel Riley and Frank Skinner have been recognised in the New Year Honours list 🥂
Revealed on Friday , the list recognises the achievements and services of people across the UK, from all walks of life.guitarist May, leads the pack by receiving a knighthood in truly wholesome news, meaning the rock legend will be known as Sir Brian May, or Sir Bri, as he proposed.
He added that he is ‘excited’ and ‘pleasantly surprised’, and the news has been ‘sinking in over the last few days.’‘I don’t think I expected it because I haven’t been conducting the kind of life which I thought would lead to a knighthood – I’ve been quite vociferous in criticising recent Governments for a start,’ he admitted.
The 36-year-old Oxford University graduate was specifically a vocal critic of Labour’s handling of alleged antisemitism within the party and Jeremy Corbyn’s conduct while leader.Frank Skinner joked that he kept his MBE quiet in case there was an error There was then a huge outpouring of support for Kamara on social media when he went public about his apraxia of speech diagnosis earlier this year.This Is England actor Stephen Graham has joined the OBE club The 49-year-old Merseyside-born actor has won plaudits playing Irish, English and American criminals and police officers in various blockbuster Hollywood films and hit TV dramas across his three-decade career.
What’s more, the mixed-race actor has spoken about the racist abuse he suffered on the streets of Liverpool.
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