Birthday honours: Mark Cavendish, Strictly’s Amy Dowden and Alan Bates recognised

Of course, the honours are not only there to celebrate the rich and famous. As always, ordinary members of society have been recognised for their extraordinary commitments.

Almost two thirds of this year’s recipients are people who have undertaken outstanding work in their communities.

Of the 1,077 recipients on the main list, announced by the Cabinet Office, 48% are women and 10% are from an ethnic minority background.

The youngest recipient on the list is Shamza Butt from Bradford, who is 20 years old and receives a BEM for her work as a Member of the National Citizens’ Service Trust Youth Voice Forum.

At the other end of the spectrum is 100-year-old Harold Jones from Sutton Coldfield, who also receives a BEM for his fundraising for charities relating to Motor Neurone Disease and the local community.

And Michael Palmer, Andrew Airey and Timothy Owen, who founded the 3 Dads Walking campaign after losing their young daughters to suicide, each receive an MBE. The three fathers have walked all across the UK to raise awareness of suicide in young people as well as funds for charity.