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Film and TV stars share the glory with rock musicians, as well as those who give their talents to charity, in the Queen's birthday honours list announced today.

Catherine Zeta Jones, who made the leap from Darling Buds of May sweetheart to Hollywood star, leads the field, receiving a CBE for her services to the film industry and charity. Sophie Okonedo, nominated for an Oscar in Hotel Rwanda, receives an OBE.

John Nettles gets an OBE for a long career in television, notably for ridding Jersey of criminals as Bergerac before a losing battle to keep the body count down in Midsomer Murders.

Nineteen sixties musicians John Cale and Graham Nash, who made Britannia cool long before Tony Blair, and Brian Cox, the particle physicist who played keyboards for D:Ream on the New Labour anthem Things Can Only Get Better, are among others adding glitter to the list.

Zeta Jones is married to Hollywood royalty Michael Douglas and won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Chicago, but regularly returns to her native Wales and was appeal patron for the Children's Hospital for Wales.

Cale, 68, and also born in Wales, is made an OBE for his influence on music and the arts. One of the legendary 1960s Velvet Underground, he remains an enduring tourer, having worked with Patti Smith and Marc Almond, producing bands like the Happy Mondays, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and influencing generations of followers. Last year he represented Wales at the Venice Biennale arts festival.

Nash, born in Manchester and, as a founder of the Hollies, an integral part of the swinging 60s pop and rock scene, became a darling of the US flower power generation with Crosby, Stills and Nash, later together with Neil Young. The trio play Glastonbury this month.

Nash took US citizenship in 1978, and receives his OBE in the diplomatic and overseas list.

Professor Brian Cox, as he is known today, was "surprised and chuffed" to get an OBE for services to science, though the one-time musician is now probably Britain's most recognisable TV boffin. Actor and charity worker Vicky Michelle, most famous for her role in the TV wartime comedy 'Allo 'Allo, receives an MBE, as do three Corrie veterans: Eileen Derbyshire (Emily Bishop), Barbara Knox (Rita Sullivan) and Anne Reid (Valerie Barlow). An OBE goes to Tamara Mellon, founder and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo, the "to die for" shoe firm.

Chris Bonington, the climber, is made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order – in the gift of the Queen, unlike most awards, made through Downing Street. Cooks Prue Leith and Marguerite Patten become CBEs.

A diplomat with one of the toughest jobs representing Britain abroad, Tom Phillips, UK ambassador to Israel, joins the Order of St Michael and St George.

Among the less well known to be honoured are James Fitchie, a beef farmer from Newtownards, Northern Ireland, given an MBE for his services to ploughing and to charity, and Susan Gibbs, 58, station announcer at Fenchurch Street, London, also given an MBE.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/1 ... ay-honours

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Actor and charity worker Vicky Michelle


Saw Vicky Michelle on TV recently, still looks hot :oops:

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A diplomat with one of the toughest jobs representing Britain abroad, Tom Phillips, UK ambassador to Israel


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James Fitchie ... given an MBE for his services to ploughing

What the f....


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James Fitchie ... given an MBE for his services to ploughing

What the f....


Who was he ploughing though? :lol: :oops:

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Plough for Britain!

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Well at least normal people are being recognised for their valuable services in addition to the celebrities.

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