Comic Billy
Connolly, pop star Sting and Naked Chef Jamie Oliver are also
honoured.
Connolly, a former shipyard worker known as the Big Yin, gets a
CBE while actress Helen Mirren, famed for roles which involve
disrobing, becomes a dame.
Troubled England soccer captain David Beckham, as widely leaked,
receives an OBE as does England's "evergreen" wicket-keeper/batsman
Alec Stewart, to add to his MBE.
And there is even an OBE in the Diplomatic List for Harry Potter!
But not that one. The recipient with the same name as the boy-wizard
is rewarded for his work as a natural resources and rural
livelihoods adviser in Malawi.
Jim Dale, the man who made the Harry Potter audio books famous in
the United States, gets an MBE in the Diplomatic List. Dale, who
became the Toast of Broadway when he created the flamboyant title
role in the musical Barnum, has recorded readings of the first four
Harry Potter books.
As ever, the famous, like Anita Roddick, founder of the Body
Shop, who becomes a dame, rub shoulders with those who perform less
glamorous jobs, like lollipop ladies and Mrs Mopps.
A "pukka" MBE goes to Jamie Oliver, TV's so-called Naked Chef and
restaurateur, for services to the hospitality industry. He has been
described as the hottest young star of TV cookery.
The arts, fashion, broadcasting and journalism are also well
represented with a CBE in the Diplomatic List for the award-winning
designer famous for his shock tactics Alexander McQueen and an OBE
for Loyd Grossman, former presenter of the TV Masterchef programme,
who worked on the Better Hospital Food campaign.
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