Whitehall officials have no idea how many recipients of honours have paid vast sums for help to get their awards, a Daily Mail investigation reveals. The damning findings bring the entire honours system ‘into disrepute’, MPs have warned. Specialist firms boast they can improve your chances of getting an honour dramatically, charging clients up to … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the Queen’s birthday honours By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:33 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 02:03 BST, 10 October 2020 Advertisement ‘You’re ALL heroes – at last one has something to celebrate’. To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call … Read more
Joe Wicks has been made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his efforts at keeping kids active in lockdown. The fitness coach, 35, was given the honour for helping inspire people to stay motivated and mentally fit with his online PE lessons, and for his other charity efforts. His YouTube workouts raised … Read more
His legion of fans will say it’s a mystery why he has had to wait for so long. Now David Suchet, 74, best known for playing Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, has seen his distinguished five-decade career on the stage and screen recognised with a knighthood. The actor heads a long line of leading … Read more
Better than a Paul Hollywood handshake: Former Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry to be ‘made a dame’ in Queen’s Birthday Honours list Mary Berry, 85, was included in ‘bumper’ Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year She was named alongside medics, fundraisers and volunteers involved in Covid The food writer has been awarded damehood … Read more
Hundreds of doctors, nurses and other heroes who worked on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic will get honours in ‘bumper’ Queen’s Birthday Honours List Birthday Honours was put back this year to allow time to thank frontline workers Those with outstanding contributions in UK’s response to virus will be rewarded The Covid heroes will … Read more
Honours committee is planning to remove ‘Empire’ from OBE and MBE after Black Lives Matter movement highlighted links to slavery Black Lives Matter movement reignited debate over the OBE and MBE awards Members of honours committee are considering the removal of word ‘Empire’ Recent protests have highlighted Empire’s association with brutality and slavery By Sophie … Read more
A firm boasted it could win a gong for a celebrity author for £80,000, the Daily Mail reveals. Leaked emails expose a cynical offer to help Barbara Taylor Bradford become a dame by getting direct feedback from ‘the people that matter’. The brazen messages stated: ‘Basically our fee is 80K plus VAT… we bill half … Read more
The Duke of Sussex paid tribute to young people working to make a change across the world as he presented a Princess Diana Award via video message today. Prince Harry, 35, led big names including Dame Emma Thompson, Liam Payne and Miranda Hart in honouring young changemakers across the world with the coveted award. Speaking … Read more
Ricky Gervais calls for celebrities to be banned from the New Year Honours List and replaced with NHS heroes By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 08:55 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 08:55 BST, 17 May 2020 Ricky Gervais has called for celebrities to be banned from 2021’s New Year Honours List. The comedian, 56, … Read more