Overview

• Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were both appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting
• Daly said she has not yet fully taken in the accolade and expects it to truly register when she finally holds and wears the medal
• Speaking on the Happy Place podcast, the 56-year-old host shared that she wishes her late father, who died in 2003, could have celebrated her achievement
• The presenter revealed that a misaddressed honours letter almost prevented her from accepting the MBE after she received it only two or three days before the acceptance deadline
• Both hosts will return to co-present the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, alongside judges Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Motsi Mabuse