Overview

• On July 16 at Windsor Castle, King Charles III invested a diverse group of recipients whose contributions span music, health, education, economy, cybersecurity and social advocacy.
• Myleene Klass was made an MBE for her miscarriage awareness campaigning and secured the King’s backing for legal changes and paid bereavement leave after her own experience of four losses.
• Leona Lewis received an OBE for services to music and charity, emphasising the responsibility of public figures to champion causes like animal welfare and environmental protection.
• Dame Patricia Hewitt was appointed a Dame Commander for steering the 2007 indoor smoking ban and driving NHS reforms, and Sir Nick Gibb was knighted for his work on education policy and exam standards.
• Other honourees include Sir Warren East for net-zero aviation and economic innovation, Baroness Poppy Gustafsson for bolstering cybersecurity resilience, and Soma Sara for founding the Everyone’s Invited initiative.