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Kate Lally

New Year's Honours List 2022: Celebrities honoured by the Queen

The New Year's Honours List 2022 features a number of famous faces.

Joanna Lumley has said she is "astonished, thrilled and touched beyond words" at being made a dame in the New Year's Honours.

The 75-year-old actress is an advocate and human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign.

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Vanessa Redgrave has also been made a dame, after a career that has seen her regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation.

For many years the now 84-year-old was nearly as well known for her political activism as she was for her acting

James Bond star Daniel Craig has been made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, the same honour given to 007.

It is an honour usually reserved for spies and diplomats.

Dancer and choreographer Ashley Banjo has said he is "humbled and extremely proud" to have been made an MBE following a year in which he became a spokesman for issues around racial equality.

Kate Garraway has been made an MBE in the New Year Honours after documenting her husband Derek Draper's battle with coronavirus.

Actress June Brown, best known as chain-smoking Albert Square stalwart Dot Cotton in EastEnders, has been made an OBE in the New Year Honours.

Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls has been made an MBE for her work with domestic violence charity Women's Aid.

Comedian Adam Hills said he did not tell his family he had been named in the New Year Honours list because he was "still not convinced someone isn't playing a prank on me".

Veteran broadcaster Moira Stuart has said "it hasn't been easy" but she is "moved and lifted" to be made a CBE in the New Year Honours.

Coronation Street actor William Roache has said he is "delighted" to have been made an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.

Loose Women star Katie Piper has been made an OBE.

Martin Lewis has been made a CBE for services to broadcasting and consumer rights.

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