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Jun 2 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
👑 Famous figures from showbiz, sport and politics - as well as some of the nation's COVID heroes - have been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list to mark her #PlatinumJubilee

Find out who 👇
💙 Among those awarded are actor Damian Lewis - who raised £1.5m to provide meals for NHS workers during the pandemic with his late wife Helen McCrory - fashion designer Stella McCartney and broadcaster Clare Balding, who all earn CBEs
⚽ Former England footballer Rio Ferdinand receives an OBE, while Wales star Gareth Bale and Liverpool midfielder James Milner get MBEs
🗳️ From the world of politics, former Northern Ireland first minister Arlene Foster receives a damehood, and ex-cabinet minister Jeremy Wright - who called for Boris Johnson to resign over partygate this week - is given a knighthood
📚 There are top honours for author Sir Salman Rushdie and illustrator Sir Quentin Blake who are made Companions of Honour.

The Order is limited to just 65 members and recognises those who have made a long-standing contribution to arts, science, medicine or government
💉 There are knighthoods for AstraZeneca's chief executive Pascal Soriot and Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England.

England's chief nursing officer Ruth May receives a damehood, while Andrew Goddard, president of the Royal College of Physicians, is knighted
🍴 MBEs were served up to Masterchef presenters John Torode and Gregg Wallace for services to food and charity
👑 A total of 1,134 people received an award in the Queen's Honours, with a record 51.5% going to women.

The proportion going to people from ethnic minority backgrounds, 13.3%, is down from a record 15% last year.

The percentage of LGBT recipients fell from 5% to 4.6%
Click the link to find out who else made it on to the Queen's Birthday Honours list 👇 #PlatinumJubilee #PlatinumJubileeHonours

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