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Olivia de Havilland to become a dame while Ed Sheeran and David Walliams also honoured in Queen's Birthday Honours

Hollywood actress Olivia De Havilland, pictured in 1998, has been honoured for her services to drama. Picture by Rosie Hallam/PA Archive
Hollywood actress Olivia De Havilland, pictured in 1998, has been honoured for her services to drama. Picture by Rosie Hallam/PA Archive Hollywood actress Olivia De Havilland, pictured in 1998, has been honoured for her services to drama. Picture by Rosie Hallam/PA Archive

OSCAR winner Olivia de Havilland, who turns 101 next month, is the oldest woman to become a dame in this centenary year of the modern-day honours system.

Those honoured from the world of entertainment in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours include chart-topper Ed Sheeran and comedian David Walliams, with the honours committee describing the list as the most diverse yet.

Gone With The Wind starlet de Havilland and actress Julie Walters (67) have both been made a dame in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours for their services to drama.

Twenty years after he was knighted by the Queen, Sir Paul McCartney is upgraded with a Companion of Honour for services to music, alongside JK Rowling.

The author, who is also marking two decades since the publication of the first book in her best-selling Harry Potter series, is honoured for services to literature and philanthropy.

Sheeran receives an MBE for services to music and charity, as does singer Emeli Sande, for services to music.

Judy Murray, mother of tennis champion Andy, is given an OBE for services to tennis, women in sport and charity, alongside author and comedian Walliams, who is recognised for services to charity and the arts.

Police Constable Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death by attacker Khalid Masood in March on the forecourt of the Palace of Westminster, is posthumously awarded the George Medal for confronting an armed terrorist to protect others and Parliament.

Bernard Kenny, who was stabbed in the abdomen as he tried to stop neo-Nazi Thomas Mair attacking Mrs Cox outside her constituency surgery in Yorkshire, also receives the George Medal one year on from the murder.

Former SAS soldier and best-selling author Andy McNab receives a CBE for services to literacy and charity, while broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky is given an OBE for services to Holocaust commemoration.

Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire and Miranda actress Patricia Hodge both receive OBEs for services to drama.

Sporting stars honoured include double Olympic champion and Army Major, Heather Stanning who gets an OBE for services to rowing, and former world champion John Conteh is honoured with an MBE for services to boxing.

Alongside well-known names, many people in the world of business, health and long-time campaigners are also honoured.

Half of this year's honorees are women, while 10 per cent are from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

There is a total of 1,109 people on the Queen's Birthday Honours list, of whom 438 are awarded an MBE, 221 an OBE and 303 a BEM.