11 June 2011 Last updated at 02:18 ET

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Big-name honours recipients 2011: At a glance
Name	Age	Occupation	Honour	Reaction
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Bruce Forsyth	83	Entertainer, currently the co-host of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing	Knighthood	"I'm very proud and very honoured. I'm also so grateful to the many people who have supported me for so long and helped make this possible. I did feel as happy for my wife as I did for me and I can't wait to call her my lady." Read profile
Mervyn King	63	Governor of the Bank of England	Knighthood	None so far More
Jenni Murray	61	Presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour	DBE (Dame)	"My partner said: 'does that mean I'm now a lady?' Which of course he's not because the wife of a sir becomes a lady, but the husband of a dame becomes a nothing." Read profile
Janet Suzman	72	Oscar-nominated actress	DBE (Dame)	None so far
Bryan Ferry	65	Musician and Roxy Music singer	CBE	"I would like to thank those who have given me the award, and all the musicians and others behind the scenes who have helped me throughout my career."
Colin Firth	50	Oscar-winning actor	CBE	None so far More
Celia Birtwell	70	Textile designer, famed for dressing the Beatles, Twiggy and Jimi Hendrix in the 1960s	CBE	"[I am] thrilled... I hope I can continue to work in the industry that I love for many more years to come."
Bob Harris	65	BBC Radio 2 DJ and former Old Grey Whistle Test presenter, known as "Whispering" Bob Harris	OBE	"I've always loved what I do so it's an added bonus to be recognised for something you love. I love music and I'm really just at the heart of what I love."
Bernard Cribbins	82	Actor and voice of The Wombles	OBE	"It's a great surprise. I'm completely gobsmacked really. My dad would have been absolutely delighted."
Graeme Garden	68	Actor and writer, co-creator of 1970s TV series The Goodies	OBE	"It's quite ironic considering how rude we were about the honours all those years ago."
Tim Brooke-Taylor	70	Actor and writer, co-creator of The Goodies	OBE	"I'm very very pleased and not to say a little surprised - but very pleasantly so. At first I thought it was my son trying to con me."
Andrew Strauss	34	England cricket captain	OBE	"It is a great honour to receive this accolade. It's one of the better items of post you get through the letterbox - certainly better than a gas bill." More
Sam Taylor-Wood	44	Artist turned film-maker. Director of 2009's Nowhere Boy about John Lennon's childhood	OBE	"It's such an incredible honour to receive this award - something I would never have dreamt of." Read profile
Lee Westwood	38	Professional golfer, currently ranked number two in the world	OBE	None so far More
Alastair Cook	26	England cricketer and man-of-the-Ashes-series	MBE	None so far More
Jessica Ennis	25	World heptathlon champion	MBE	"I love my sport and can't think of anything I would want to do more, and to be recognised for the years of hard work and the success I have had over the past two years means so much." More
Phillips Idowu	32	World triple jump champion	MBE	None so far More
Brooke Kinsella	27	Actress and anti-knife crime campaigner. Sister of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, stabbed to death in 2008	MBE	None so far Read profile
Mark Cavendish	26	Tour de France stage-winning cyclist	MBE	"It is a great list of names that have been honoured and for me to be alongside them is massive for me. To know that cycling is getting recognised makes me massively proud."