The King's Birthday Honours list has recognised 1,200 people, with Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman among those receiving a knighthood alongside former England football captain David Beckham.
Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have been awarded MBEs for services to broadcasting, whilst The Who frontman Sir Roger Daltrey was also knighted for services to charity and music.
Love Island star Georgia Harrison was recognised with an MBE for her campaigning work against intimate image abuse.
The Cabinet Office list comprises 48 percent women, with recipients ranging from an 11-year-old to a 106-year-old. Nineteen new knights and 21 dames have been created, including singer and actress Elaine Paige and Regeneration novelist Pat Barker.
King Charles has recognised 1,200 people in his Birthday Honour's List.
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Whilst celebrity names feature prominently, the majority of honours recognise community heroes, campaigners and fundraisers who have made significant contributions to British society through their charitable and voluntary work.
The newly dubbed Sir Gary Oldman's knighthood recognises his illustrious screen and stage career spanning four decades, including his 2018 Academy Award for portraying Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour and recent acclaim for Apple TV's Slow Horses.
The Who frontman Sir Roger Daltrey has been knighted for services to charity and music. "I'm accepting the knighthood on behalf of all those unsung people who had worked to make the charity the success it had become," he said, referring to his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors star Claudia Winkleman said of her MBE: “I am ridiculously lucky and will celebrate with Tess by doing a paso doble."
Oscar winner Gary Oldman has received a knighthood.
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Her Strictly co-host Tess Daly, who was also given the same gong, enthused: “This genuinely came as the greatest surprise of my life. I don't think I’ve come back down to earth yet, I didn't see it coming, and it almost didn’t happen because the letter went to the wrong address.”
Georgia Harrison, 30, who appeared on Love Island and The Only Way is Essex, said she “couldn’t believe it” when she received notification of her MBE and said she read the note “three times”.
"It's definitely not something I anticipated and it feels nice to have my work recognised because with campaigning sometimes you feel like a lot goes unnoticed," she told the BBC.
Harrison has worked with the government on the Online Safety Act and the Women and Equalities Committee to improve support for victims of intimate image abuse and reduce reporting timescales.
Strictly Come Dancing hosting duo Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were awarded with an MBE.
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Dame Elaine Paige received her honour for services to music and charity. "I've been very lucky in my life and my career, I'm in a very privileged position," she told the BBC.
Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler, 18, the youngest world champion in the sport's history, receives an MBE alongside rival Luke Humphries, 30.
Carly Barrett and her mother Alison Madgin have been awarded MBEs after establishing Samantha's Legacy to educate young people about knife crime dangers following the murder of Samantha Madgin in Tyne and Wear in 2007.
John and Lorna Norgrove received OBEs for their charity work in memory of their daughter Linda, an aid worker killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2010. "We dedicate this honour to all those brave women who remain in Afghanistan," the couple said.
The Who frontman Roger Daltrety was made a sir by King Charles
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Carmela Chillery-Watson, 11, from Dorset, becomes the youngest-ever MBE recipient for her fundraising and awareness campaigns for Muscular Dystrophy UK despite having LMNA congenital muscular dystrophy.
"I never thought anything like this would happen," she said. "I just want to make a difference to the disability community, to be able to show them: you're strong, you can do whatever you want."
Former Conservative cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt, who held a ceremonial sword at the King's coronation in 2023, has been made a dame alongside Labour's Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central and West.
Labour's Mark Tami, the Alyn and Deeside MP, receives a knighthood, whilst Glasgow MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy, Holyrood's first permanent wheelchair user, becomes an MBE for public and political service.
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Love Island and The Only Way is Essex star Georgia Harrison was awarded an MBE for her efforts to tackle violence against women and girls.
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Three trade union leaders have been recognised: Dave Ward of the Communication Workers Union and Dr Patrick Roach of teachers' union NASUWT receive CBEs, whilst Sue Ferns of civil service union Prospect becomes an OBE.
BBC radio presenter Martha Kearney, who left the Today Programme in summer 2024, has been made a CBE for services to journalism and broadcasting.
The honours list statistics reveal a balanced gender representation, with women comprising 48% of the 1,200 recipients. The age range spans 95 years, from 11-year-old Carmela Chillery-Watson to 106-year-old World War Two veteran Norman Irwin, who receives a British Empire Medal.
King Charles has personally recognised his closest aides, including Sergeant-Surgeon Ranan Dasgupta and apothecary Dr Timothy David Wakeford, both receiving Royal Victorian Orders. The monarch's valet Lee Dobson and executive head chef Stuart Major have also been honoured.
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