Saturday KNIGHT Fever: Last surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb dedicates his gong to his two late brothers... while Sir Ringo Starr finally takes a bow 13 years after fellow Beatle McCartney's honour
Bee Gees star Barry Gibb paid moving tribute to his brothers yesterday as he was awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours.
The last surviving member of the chart-topping band was named alongside former Beatle Ringo Starr and Strictly Come Dancing Judge Darcey Bussell, who will become Dame Darcey.
They were among a host of celebrities, politicians, entrepreneurs and community volunteers recognised for their work following years of rows about cronyism which risked tarnishing the entire honours system.
Barry Gibb dedicated his knighthood to his late brothers as the last remaining living member of the Bee Gees.
Barry Gibb paid moving tribute to his Bee Gees brothers yesterday as he was awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours.
Prime Minister Theresa May ordered an overhaul, calling for greater emphasis on those who had helped their community or boosted Britains reputation at home and abroad.
Gibb dedicated his knighthood to his younger brothers and former bandmates Robin and Maurice.
The trio – who wrote and performed most of the classic soundtrack for 1977s Saturday Night Fever – all received CBEs in 2002 but Maurice died a year later and Robin died in 2012.
The singer, far right, paid tribute to bandmates and brothers Robin, left, and Maurice, middle.
The group achieved worldwide record sales of more than 200million during their career and had five No1 hits in the UK.
Gibb, 71, said: I am deeply honoured, humbled, and very proud.
This is a moment in life to be treasured and never forgotten.
Ringo Starr was also honoured with a knighthood despite once being jokingly described as not even the best drummer in the Beatles.
I want to acknowledge how responsible my brothers are for this honour.
It is as much theirs as it is mine. The magic, the glow, and the rush will last me the rest of my life..
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had been tipped for a knighthood several times, including by his former bandmate Sir Paul McCartney, who said in 2011 that it was about time.
The 77-year-old acknowledged his knighthood with a short message, signed off with his trademark phrase Peace and love.
He said: Its great! Its an honour and a pleasure to be considered and acknowledged for my music and my charity work, both of which I love..
Ringo was once jokingly described as not even the best drummer in the Beatles.
The quip is often attributed to John Lennon but never verified. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers named him the fifth-greatest drummer of all time.
Starr maintained a high public profile through his narration over 1984–86 of the popular TV childrens series Thomas & Friends, based on the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books.
Actor Hugh Laurie, 58, renowned for his Fry and Laurie shows, Blackadder, House and The Night Manager, former British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and chef and television presenter Rick Stein all received CBEs.
Actresses Susan Hampshire, 80, who starred in Monarch of the Glen and The Forsyte Saga, and Julia McKenzie, best-known for the sitcom Fresh Fields and as Miss Marple in several Agatha Christie dramas, also received CBEs.
The Beatles are pictured with their MBEs at Saville Theatre after being presented with them by the Queen.
Breakfast television host Eamonn Holmes, 58, was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting, and said it was a wonderful accolade.
He said: Its like getting a gold star for your homework – 2018 will be my 38th year as a broadcaster and I cant think of a better way of marking that.
He added: Its lovely to have someone in authority say, You know what, you do this quite well.
Singer Marc Almond – best-known for the 1980s hit Tainted Love with Soft Cell – said he felt incredulous shock after learning he was being awarded an OBE, adding: I cant really be a rebel any more.
Veteran Scots actor James Cosmo, who appeared in films including Braveheart, Trainspotting and Highlander and in hit show Game of Thrones, was awarded an MBE.
Hugh Laurie, pictured here with Stephen Fry in Jeeves and Wooster, was also honoured .
Gong for Eamonn Holmes on his 38th anniversary in television The 58-year-old television stalwart and journalist from Belfast, best known for his long career on breakfast programmes, is receiving an OBE for services to broadcasting Eamonn Holmes has said his wife and This Morning co-star Ruth Langsford was even more delighted than him as he was named in the New Year Honours.
The 58-year-old television stalwart and journalist from Belfast, best known for his long career on breakfast programmes, is receiving an OBE for services to broadcasting.
The star of GMTV and Sky News Sunrise, as well as ITVs This Morning, is celebrating 38 years in television.
He said he had been keeping the secret for three weeks, adding: Ruth was even more thrilled than I was.
I think she just thought it was very well deserved. However, the TV star said there will be no celebrating until the investiture.
He said: No celebrating until you make sure its going to happen! The big dilemma is who to bring.
My daughter is a big royalist, she loves everything to do with the royal family so shes booked her place.
Ruth would stand aside to allow our 15-year-old son (to go), he would be very proud.
We have that dilemma so three tickets would be perfect. Holmes, who began his career at 19 at Ulster Television in Belfast, became the youngest anchor of a TV news programme when he presented Good Evening Ulster at the age of 21.
He said: I learned off Gloria Hunniford in Belfast and she has an OBE.
Its quite strange to take over the programme and now have the same recognition. Holmes moved to the BBC in 1986, but it was his move to ITV in the early 1990s that cemented his place as a titan of breakfast TV.
He made his name as a newscaster presenting GMTV from 1993 until 2005, and was dubbed the king of breakfast television.
For more than a decade Holmes anchored the flagship morning programme as well as juggling game show roles, regularly hosting The National Lottery Jet Set and Sudo-Q on the BBC.
Since 2006, Holmes has had a weekly Friday morning slot on This Morning with Langsford, whom he married in 2010.
Following his GMTV stint, Holmes moved to Sky where he presented Sky News Sunrise for 11 years until 2016.
He said: Its recognition of a body of work. There would be very few broadcasters that have the body of work that I have had.
To be on TV at 19 and host a general election at 23, its unparalleled and unprecedented without anybody giving you a hand up.
I did it on my own merits and worked very hard. He continued: The secret is reinvention. His other credits include Channel 5 programme How The Other Half Lives, which he presented with Langsford, a presenting role on the BBCs Songs Of Praise, and he occasionally pops up as a guest presenter on ITVs Good Morning Britain.
Holmes said he sees the accolade as something to push on from, adding: Its lovely to have someone in authority say, You know what, you do this quite well. Ruth Langsford, who married the Belfast broadcaster in 2010, tweeted a selection of photos from Holmess television history after he was named in the New Year Honours.
Moments after the full list was unveiled on Friday, she posted: SO proud of my husband @EamonnHolmes All his years of broadcasting rewarded with an OBE!!! Congratulations darling x. .
Away from the limelight, Craig Mackey, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, received a knighthood and there were honours for several entrepreneurs.
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