New Year’s Honour List: Olivia Newton-John to be made a Dame as Elton John and Nadiya Hussain receive gongs
Long-serving Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, 79, will be upgraded to a CBE from an MBE.
In total, 1,097 people will receive honours, the Cabinet Office said, with 50.7 per cent going to women — the second highest for a New Year Honours list, after 51 per cent in 2014. He said: “I did my job and I didn’t want any glory. There’s no glory in war. I’m 94 and it’s a bit late in life to be recognised.“I don’t deserve it. When I get it, it won’t be for me, it will be for the 22,442 blokes killed on D-Day.
Holocaust survivors Mindu Hornick and John Hadju become MBEs for services to Holocaust education and commemoration.
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