{"id":166671,"date":"2018-06-09T06:47:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T10:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166671"},"modified":"2018-06-09T06:47:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T10:47:15","slug":"queens-honours-for-emma-thompson-tom-hardy-keira-knightley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/09\/queens-honours-for-emma-thompson-tom-hardy-keira-knightley\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s honours for Emma Thompson, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE: Queen Elizabeth II (Photo By PolizeiBerlin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>LONDON — British film stars Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley and Tom Hardy and Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro are among those receiving honours in the name of Britain’s monarch.<\/p>\n

The list published late Friday by Britain’s Cabinet Office includes many receiving honours for merit, service and bravery. The awards will be given out by Queen Elizabeth II or a senior royal acting in her place during investitures at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

The list often includes prominent figures — like Thompson, the Oscar-winning actress who has been in the public eye for decades — as well as people who have laboured behind the scenes or in academic or charity positions.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old Thompson will become Dame Emma, a high honour that is the female equivalent of becoming a knight. The citation calls her one of Britain’s \u201cmost versatile and celebrated actresses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her long list of film roles includes favourites like \u201cThe Remains of the Day\u201d — which was written by Ishiguro — \u201cLove Actually\u201d and \u201cNanny McPhee.\u201d She received the Academy Award for Best Actress for \u201cHowards End\u201d and — as a writer — the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay for \u201cSense and Sensibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Queen’s Birthday List — Elizabeth’s official birthday is Saturday and will be marked with the Trooping the Color parade — bestows a knighthood on Mark Rowley for his service while heading the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism squad during a series of lethal attacks last year. When he retired in March after more than three decades on the force, Prime Minister Theresa May praised Rowley’s dedication to protecting the public.<\/p>\n

Ishiguro, who was born in Japan, received a knighthood for his services to literature. He said he was \u201cdeeply touched to receive this honour from the nation that welcomed me as a small foreign boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish, 67, was also knighted for his services to soccer, charity and the city of Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The youngest winner was 20-year-old visually-impaired alpine skier Menna Fitzpatrick, who was Britain’s most successful competitor in the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The oldest winner was former World War II nurse Rosemary Powell, 103, who was honoured for 97 years of charity work. Both received MBE awards, making them members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.<\/p>\n

Rapper and singer Ms. Dynamite also received the same honour under her real name, Niomi McLean-Daley.<\/p>\n

Knightley, known for \u201cPirates of the Caribbean,\u201d \u201cPride and Prejudice,\u201d and other movies, received an OBE award, so she will become an \u201cofficer\u201d of the British empire, a slightly higher ranking.<\/p>\n

Hardy, star of \u201cInception\u201d and other movies, received a CBE award, designating him a \u201ccommander\u201d of the empire, a still higher designation.<\/p>\n

The list also honours the queen’s eye surgeon, Jonathan Jagger, who was made a commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He is a specialist in cataract surgery, but officials have not said if he performed the cataract surgery the queen had done in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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