Queen's Birthday Honours list 2019: Olivia Colman 'thrilled and humbled' to be made a CBE

Olivia Colman has said she is "totally thrilled" to be made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours, while stage actor Simon Russell Beale has been knighted.

Archibald Boyd Tunnock, 86, who created the Tunnock's Teacake in 1956, said he is "deeply honoured" to be knighted, adding: "When you get to my age, very few things surprise you but this certainly did and I am deeply honoured and grateful to Her Majesty the Queen."

Colman, 45, who won the best actress Oscar for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite earlier this year and will play Queen Elizabeth II in the third series of The Crown, is honoured for services to drama under her real name Sarah Sinclair.

She said: “I'm totally thrilled, delighted and humbled to be in the company of these incredible people, most of whom have been nowhere near as visible as I have, but should be – and hopefully now will be.

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"It's such an honour."

Beale, one of the most acclaimed stars of British theatre, is knighted for services to drama after a career spanning four decades.

He said: "It is a very great honour and I think my mother, were she alive, would be very proud."

The pair are among a group of more than 1,000 people to have been named on the honours list.

Actor Simon Russell Beale who has received a Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List
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Blue Planet and Planet Earth producer Alistair Fothergill and Andrew Harries, chief executive and co-founder of Left Bank Pictures - the production firm behind The Crown - both receive OBEs.

Richard Williams, boss of Northern Ireland Screen, which is best known for its involvement in the making of Game Of Thrones, is also made an OBE for services to the country's screen industries.

He said: "I am delighted to accept this award, which I see as a celebration of the tremendous value to Northern Ireland from the growth of the screen industries here and also recognition of the part that all my colleagues at Northern Ireland Screen have played in that success story."

There are CBEs for author Joanna Trollope and Jack Reacher novelist Lee Child, who said: "Someone read my books and enjoyed them enough to put my name forward for this great honour, which in itself is all a writer could ask for."

Bear Grylls has been awarded an OBE
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Journalist and broadcaster Dan Snow, 40, becomes an MBE, while adventurer and television star Bear Grylls, 44, is made an OBE.

The chief Scout, who is recognised for services to young people, the media and charity, said: "This really is a huge honour and it's something, if I'm honest, that I never expected to happen.

"But I really do feel it's a team effort, this award is for every one of those incredible Scout volunteers."

Griff Rhys Jones, who became a household name in the 1980s with Not The Nine O'Clock News, receives an OBE for services to the National Civic Society Movement, charity and entertainment.

Dan Snow has been awarded an MBE
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Along with the famous names, the list also celebrates the efforts of those working to improve people's lives.

Nimco Ali and Dr Leyla Hussein, who have both dedicated their time to campaigning against female genital mutilation (FGM) after being subjected to the practice as children, are made OBEs.

Sonia Watson, the chief executive of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, is made an OBE for her work helping disadvantaged people from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to pursue a career in architecture - the chosen career of the murdered teenager.

Some 15 foster carers who have looked after more than 1,000 children between them are made MBEs, while seven Holocaust survivors receive British Empire Medals (BEMs).

Of the 1,073 people honoured across the UK in this year's list, 47 per cent are women - slightly down on some previous lists - while 10.4 per cent come from a BAME background - the highest ever, by a small margin, in the Queen's Birthday Honours, although the figure was 12 per cent in this year's New Year Honours list.

The oldest recipient is John Haymen, 100, who receives a BEM for services to the community in Binsted and Alton, Hampshire.

The youngest person honoured is 17-year-old Richard Collins, who is also given a BEM for services to the community in Cookstown, County Tyrone.

Rachel Whiteread, the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993 with her life-sized concrete cast of a condemned terraced house, becomes a dame.

Opera director David Pountney said he is "delighted" to be knighted, and he thanked singers, musicians, composers, librettists and backstage staff.

The fields of science and medicine are well represented on the list, with Professor Mark Caulfield knighted for services to the 100,000 genomes project.

Laura Lee, chief executive of charity Maggie's, is made a dame for services to cancer patients, while Professor Kevin Fong, a television presenter and consultant anaesthetist at University College Hospital, is made an OBE.

Former Network Rail programme director Simon Blanchflower is made a CBE despite last year's controversy surrounding the same honour being awarded to the outgoing head of the organisation, Mark Carne, in the midst of rail disruption.

Andrew Parker, the head of MI5, is knighted for public service, and MI6 chief Alex Younger receives a knighthood for services to national security.

Sara Thornton, former chair of the National Police Chief's Council, said she was "delighted and humbled" to be made a dame, as she led the way in honours for services to policing.

Women's British Open winner Georgia Hall is made an MBE for services to golf, while former QPR manager Chris Ramsay is recognised with the same honour for services to football and diversity in sport.

Reporting by Press Association.

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