Overview
- Idris Elba is knighted for services to young people through the Elba Hope Foundation and anti‑knife‑crime campaigning.
- Ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean receive a damehood and knighthood for services to ice skating and voluntary service.
- England’s women’s teams feature heavily, with captain Leah Williamson made a CBE, several Lionesses made MBEs, coach Sarina Wiegman granted an honorary damehood, and Red Roses stars Marlie Packer and Zoe Aldcroft made OBEs alongside coach John Mitchell.
- The list spans politics, sport, the arts and community life, with investiture ceremonies to follow in 2026 at royal residences such as Buckingham Palace.
- Demographic data released by the Cabinet Office show more than half of recipients at CBE level and above are women, with representation reported across ethnic minority, LGBT+ and disability groups.