Queen's Birthday Honours List: Rod Stewart is knighted while Ant n' Dec get OBEs
Rod Stewart thanked the Queen for the “monumental” honour of being knighted in the Queen’s 90th birthday honours list tonight as he became Sir Rod Stewart for services to music and charity.
Sir Rod was the headline act among the 1,149 people to receive an award in a list which also included OBEs for the TV presenters Ant and Dec and the actor Brian Blessed, and a Companion of Honour medal for Dame Vera Lynn at the age of 99.
Astronaut Tim Peake, meanwhile, became the first Briton honoured for work in space.
Sir Rod, 71, whose music career began in 1961, said: “I’ve led a wonderful life and have had a tremendous career thanks to the generous support of the great British public.
“This monumental honour has topped it off and I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
With a pun on one of his most famous songs, he added: “I thank Her Majesty and promise to ‘wear it well’.”
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