Actor Sir Idris Elba be one of several stars wey receive honours from King Charles for Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Di 53-year-old, wey dem know for US crime series The Wire and police drama Luther, bin get knighthood for di New Year Honours for services to young people.
There also be knighthood and damehood for Olympic champions Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean, for services to ice skating and to voluntary service. Actress and comedian Dame Meera Syal, wey dem know for The Kumars At No 42 and Goodness Gracious Me, bin get recognition for services to literature, drama and charity.
For 2022, Sir Idris found di Elba Hope Foundation, wey dey support community empowerment, education, youth advocacy and sustainable development. Di actor use grant from di Prince’s Trust – now di King’s Trust – to attend di National Youth Music Theatre at age 18. Dem announce last year say di Luther star go join King to create documentary wey dey mark 50 years since Charles found di charity, wey go show for Netflix this autumn.
Ice dancers Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher take Olympic gold for di 1984 Winter Games for their Bolero performance. Di pair later become faces of ITV celebrity competition show Dancing On Ice. After di honour, Dame Jayne, 68, say di timing seem “perfect” after dem dance on ice for final time last year. She say: “We had such a great time, we were so happy with the tour and the fact that we got through it. It was a big thing for us to mark our career before retirement, and then receiving this award at the end of the year, it’s just finished everything. It’s perfect.”
Dame Jayne Torvill also be celebrity ambassador for children’s hospice for di South East for more dan 20 years, while Sir Christopher Dean serve as head coach and mentor for di British Ice Skating Academy of Dance. Dame Meera Syal get her breakthrough writing and starring for di BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me for di late 1990s, and later appear for The Kumars at No. For 2017, di actress dem elect am Fellow of di Royal Society of Literature, and for 2023, dem give am di Bafta Fellowship, di British Academy’s highest accolade for career on screen.
Dame Meera, 64, also be ambassador for di Alzheimer’s Society, role wey she take for 2013 after receive “amazing” help from di charity following her father’s dementia diagnosis. She also be supporter of Kisharon – a charity for Jewish children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities and autism. Also on Tuesday, Rotherham comedian Paul Elliott, wey dem know as one of di Chuckle Brothers, dem make am Member of di Order of di British Empire (MBE) for charitable service.
Di comedy double act, wey dey consist of Paul and his late brother Barry, be staple for British homes with their TV show ChuckleVision. Nearly 300 episodes, wey show during di 1990s and 2000s, show di hapless, accident-prone brothers dey utter their catchphrase “To me, to you” as dem cause chaos everywhere. Elliott, 78, wey dem know as Paul Chuckle, be prominent supporter and ambassador for Marie Curie. Di charity nurses provide end-of-life care for Barry, and Paul previously talk about how di nurses look after his brother “with incredible care and kindness.”
