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Scottish star Lorraine Kelly among new royal honours recipients from the Queen

Lorraine Kelly is among the big names set to collect royal honours at Windsor Castle.

Kelly is being recognised, and will be made a CBE, for her broadcasting, journalism, and charity work.

She began her broadcast career as a Scotland Correspondent on TV-am, before working at GMTV and launched her own daytime show in 2010.

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After being announced on the royal honours list last year, she said: “This is such an unexpected honour.

“I’m very grateful and humbled – particularly as I’m in far more deserving company. All of those frontline workers are true heroes."

Meanwhile Sir Phil Redmond, the man behind Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks, will be knighted for services to broadcasting and arts in the regions.

Professor Tim Spector is due to be made an OBE for services to the Covid-19 response.

The professor of genetic epidemiology at Kings College London has become a well-known name and face during the pandemic, leading the Covid Symptom Study app which sees users provide health data to help researchers and the NHS better understand the virus.

Also being honoured is 105-year-old Ruth Saunders, from Newbury in Berkshire, who is due to be made an MBE for services to charity during the pandemic, having walked a marathon to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Dame Caroline Wilson, the UK ambassador to China, is being honoured with a damehood for services to British foreign policy.

There are two ceremonies today, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.

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