New Year's Honours awarded
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January 1, 2011, Saturday
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ACTOR David Suchet, famous for his TV role as detective Hercule Poirot, singer Annie Lennox and US Open golf champion Graeme McDowell were among those honored by Britain's Queen Elizabeth yesterday.
Suchet, best known for playing Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian detective in the long-running British TV series "Poirot," was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the first New Year's Honours list submitted to the queen by Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron.
Actress Sheila Hancock, who has appeared in films such as "Take a Girl Like You" and "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" as well as starring regularly on British stage and television, becomes a CBE while television, film and stage actress Harriet Walter was made a dame.
Northern Ireland's McDowell, who won the US Open in June and secured the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup in Wales in October, was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
Lennox, the singer and former Eurythmics star who set up a campaign to raise awareness of the AIDS crisis in South Africa, was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).
Anyone can nominate someone for an award and the vast majority of honors go to ordinary people who are making a contribution to their community. The prime minister submits the final list to the queen.
Suchet, best known for playing Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian detective in the long-running British TV series "Poirot," was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the first New Year's Honours list submitted to the queen by Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron.
Actress Sheila Hancock, who has appeared in films such as "Take a Girl Like You" and "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" as well as starring regularly on British stage and television, becomes a CBE while television, film and stage actress Harriet Walter was made a dame.
Northern Ireland's McDowell, who won the US Open in June and secured the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup in Wales in October, was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire).
Lennox, the singer and former Eurythmics star who set up a campaign to raise awareness of the AIDS crisis in South Africa, was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).
Anyone can nominate someone for an award and the vast majority of honors go to ordinary people who are making a contribution to their community. The prime minister submits the final list to the queen.
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