Overview
- Multiple outlets report the figure skating duo will be named a dame and a knight in the King’s New Year Honours.
- Reports follow their retirement from performing in summer 2025 after a farewell tour that concluded in Nottingham.
- Their Sarajevo routine to Ravel’s Boléro in 1984 earned 12 perfect 6.0s and drew a massive UK television audience.
- They previously received MBEs in 1981 and OBEs in 2000, with a 2023 petition for higher honours reported to have been rejected.
- Public prominence grew through ITV’s Dancing on Ice and frequent performances for members of the Royal Family.