Sir Idris Elba will be among those receiving honours at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, alongside ice skating champions Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean.
The King is set to recognise 68 people, including comedians Dame Meera Syal and Paul Elliott, one half of the Chuckle Brothers duo.
The Luther star, Sir Idris, was awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours for his significant services to young people.
In 2022, the 53-year-old established the Elba Hope Foundation, which champions community empowerment, education, youth advocacy, and sustainable development.
Notably, Sir Idris himself received a grant from the Prince’s Trust – now the King’s Trust – to attend the National Youth Music Theatre when he was 18.
Last year, it was announced he would team up with the King to create a documentary marking 50 years since Charles founded the charity, due to air on Netflix this autumn.
Olympic champions Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher were also named in the New Year Honours list, for services to ice skating and to voluntary service.
The ice dancers, who later became the faces of celebrity competition show Dancing On Ice, took home the Olympic gold at the 1984 Winter Games for their “Bolero” performance.
After finding out about the honour, Dame Jayne, 68, said the timing seemed “perfect” after the two danced on the ice for the final time last year.
She said: “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.”
The Kumars At No 42 star Dame Meera Syal, 64, will be recognised by the King for services to literature, drama and charity.
Born in Wolverhampton, the actress had her breakthrough writing and starring in the BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.
In 2023 she was awarded the Bafta Fellowship, the academy’s highest accolade for a career on screen.
Rotherham comedian Paul Elliott, best known as one of the Chuckle Brothers, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for charitable service.
The comedy double act, made up of Paul and his brother Barry, were a staple in British homes with their TV show ChuckleVision.
Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase “To me, to you” as they caused chaos everywhere they went.
Elliott has been a prominent supporter and ambassador for Marie Curie.
The charity’s nurses provided end-of-life care for Barry, and Paul previously spoke about how the nurses looked after his brother “with incredible care and kindness”.
