Overview
- Elliott, 78, was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for charitable service in the King's New Year Honours list.
- He has served as a Marie Curie ambassador since 2016 after a public fundraising appeal prompted a relationship with the charity.
- He said the recognition was “absolutely brilliant” and “such an honour,” adding he is “very much a royalist.”
- Elliott credited Marie Curie with putting him forward for the award and said only his wife knew before the announcement.
- Best known for BBC’s ChuckleVision with his brother Barry, who died of bone cancer in 2018, he has continued TV and charity work since.