New Year’s Honours 2024

The New Year’s honours list 2024 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:


Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)
Mr Michael Eavis CBE
The Right Honourable Sajid Javid MP
Mr Tim Martin

Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Sir Ridley Scott

Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)
The Right Honourable Dame Margaret Beckett DBE MP

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Ms Siobhain McDonagh MP
Ms Felicity Dahl
Ms Jilly Cooper CBE

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon
Mr Rob Burrow
Mr Kevin Sinfield
Mr Stuart Broad
Mr Peter Shilton OBE

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Ms Leona Lewis
Ms Millie Bright
Mr Tony Blackburn
Ms Mary Portas
Mr Mark Garnier MP
Ms Maggie Throup MP

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Miss Emilia Clarke
Miss Anna Lapwood
Ms Lauren Hemp
Ms Mary Earps
Mr Paul Hollywood
Mr Steve Wright

The Count and Countess of Paris have a baby Boy

The Count and Countess of Paris have announced the birth of their sixth child, a boy born on the 31st December 2023. The couple have named him Prince Alphonse Charles François Marie d'Orléans.

Prince Jean, Count of Paris is Head of the House of Orléans and claimant to the defunct Throne of France, Inheriting the role from his father in 2019.The couple married in 2009 and now have three boys and three girls.