Veteran singer Rod Stewart and orbiting British astronaut Tim Peake, pictured, are among 1,149 people to be acclaimed in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Other well-known faces to be honoured include Forces’ sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn, TV duo Ant and Dec and actor Brian Blessed. Major Peake’s CMG – Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George – made him the first person to be honoured while in space.