Comedian Ken Dodd among celebrities on New Year Honours List

Veteran comedian Ken Dodd has been knighted - amid a long and diverse list of celebrities named in the New Year Honours List.
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The 89-year-old Liverpudlian, who rose to fame in the 1950s, has been recognised for services to entertainment and charity, following a career spanning six decades encompassing stand-up comedy, music and television.

"I'm very proud, I'm very, very happy and full of plumptiousness. I feel highly tickled," he said.

Frontman with the Kinks, Ray Davies, has also been knighted, for services to the arts.
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"Initially," he said, "I felt a mixture of surprise, humility, joy and a bit embarrassed but after thinking about it, I accept this for my family and fans as well as everyone who has inspired me to write."

The Kinks are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of all time, with hits including Waterloo Sunset, Dedicated Follower of Fashion and Lola.

The 72-year-old was the band's vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter, alongside his brother Dave.

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Image Caption:Kinks frontman Ray Davies has been knighted for services to the arts

Academy and Tony award-winning actor Mark Rylance is knighted for services to theatre, after shining as Thomas Cromwell in the TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.

Keeping Up Appearances actress Patricia Routledge is made a dame for services to theatre and charity.

The 87-year-old became famous for her role as Hyancith Bucket, a social-climber who insisted on pronouncing her surname "Bouquet".
Image Caption:Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance has been knighted for services to theatre

Stage and television actor Tim Pigott-Smith, award-winning actress Helen McCrory and James Bond star Naomie Harris are also appointed OBEs for services to drama.

Selected for an OBE, too, is double Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan, for services to drama production.
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The 66-year-old said: "I feel honoured and humbled to receive such an amazing award for a job that I simply love doing - storytelling through clothes."











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Also among the 1,197 people honoured is American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who becomes a dame for services to fashion and journalism.

And Victoria Beckham is made an OBE for services to the fashion industry, thirteen years after her husband, former footballer David, received the same honour.

The news of the former Spice Girl's honour was revealed earlier this week, breaking protocol.

Sporting stars honoured in New Year list

By Harriet Hadfield, Sky News Reporter
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More than 100 Olympians and Paralympians have been included among the 1,197 people on the New Year Honours List.


Every gold medallist from the Rio Games who hadn't already been recognised in previous years has been honoured.

Andy Murray becomes Sir Andy - awarded a knighthood for services to tennis, and for his charity work in a year in which he won Olympic gold and became world number one.
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Distance runner Mo Farah - also awarded a knighthood - said it was a "dream come true" for a boy who, when he arrived in London from Somalia, was unable to speak English.

Damehoods have been awarded to heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and rower Katherine Grainger.











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News of Victoria Beckham's OBE for services to the fashion industry was revealed earlier this week, breaking protocol, despite a largely successful push by the Cabinet Office to clamp down on leaks this year.
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From the world of entertainment, Kinks frontman Ray Davies, comedian Ken Dodd and star of screen and stage Mark Rylance have been awarded knighthoods.

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Marcia Shakespeare, whose daughter Letisha was murdered in Birmingham in 2003, has been awarded an MBE.

The campaigner told Sky News: "It's overwhelming, thinking about 14 years ago when I was appealing for people to come forward about Letisha's murder, so you think 14 years down the line, it's a bittersweet moment."

The list also honours photojournalist Don McCullin, who has been recognised for his war photography with a CBE.

He said: "To be recognised for a lifetime's work, you think well I haven't gone unnoticed. That's the response I had."

Other sporting names on the list include recently-married couple Jason and Laura Kenny (nee Trott) who receive CBEs for services to cycling.

There is an OBE for Kate Richardson-Walsh and an MBE for her wife Helen Richardson-Walsh, for their role in the women's hockey team.

And there are MBEs for Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson and Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock.