Queen’s Guitarist May, Football Lioness Named in King’s New Year Honors

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain joins King Charles’ first New Year’s honor list with Queen guitarist Brian May, several British ‘lionesses’ who won European women’s football championships and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine acknowledged the diplomats involved in the response.

Four members of the England women’s football team were honored, with captain Leah Williamson receiving an OBE, tournament Golden Boot winner Beth Mead, defender Lucy Bronze and all-time top scorer Ellen White. Awarded an MBE.

The team’s coach, Salina Wiegmann of the Dutch national team, was awarded a kind of honorary CBE given to foreigners.

A founding member of rock band Queen, May was knighted at the end of the year when she performed Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee Concert atop the Victoria Monument.

Queen Elizabeth died in September, making her the first New Year honors awarded since King Charles took the throne. The list is drawn up by an independent commission before being approved by the prime minister and monarch.

Melinda Simmons and Deborah Bronnert, Ambassadors to Kyiv and Deborah Bronnert, both honored for their contributions to foreign policy and other officials who worked on Britain’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was also honored.

COP26 Climate Conference President Alok Sharma was knighted, along with former civil servants Mark Sedwill and Tom Scholar.

Olympic champion Dennis Lewis, who won gold in the heptathlon at the Sydney 2000 Games, was honored, as were fashion designer Mary Quant and artist Grayson Perry.

NatWest CEO Alison Rose, the first female CEO of a major British bank, has been awarded defamation, as has Anita Flue, the first female chairman of aerospace company Rolls-Royce. I got

New Year’s honours, which have been awarded since the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century, are intended to recognize not only famous personalities, but also those who have contributed to national life through obscure work over the years. increase.

OBE is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, MBE is a Member of the Order of the British Empire and CBE is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Reported by Alistair Smout.Editing by Nick McPhee

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