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The King’s Birthday Honours list for 2026 has been announced, and as usual there are a number of figures from the world of entertainment who have been recognised, including an Emmerdale<\/a> icon and the author of the Grace<\/a> novels.<\/p>\n At the top of the list, MobLand<\/a> star Dame Helen Mirren has been made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, for services to Drama.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, two well-known and beloved authors, Noughts & Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, who is already an OBE, and The Scarecrow’s Wedding<\/a> writer Julia Donaldson, who is already a CBE, have been made Dames, for services to Literature.<\/p>\n Film composer Patrick Doyle, who most recently was behind the score for 2022 film Death on the Nile, has been made a CBE for services to film.<\/p>\n A number of prominent entertainment figures have been made an OBE in this year’s list, including Rocketman director and actor Dexter Fletcher, for services to Film and Television, and Grace author Peter James, for services to Literature and to Charity.<\/p>\n Also made an OBE are Janette Luca Director of Public Affairs, ITV for services to Broadcasting and Television, and musician and broadcaster Cerys Matthews, who was already an MBE, for services to music.<\/p>\n Being made an MBE is David Holmes, the author and broadcaster who was formerly a stuntman, but had an accident while rehearsing a stunt sequence for Harry Potter<\/a> and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 1, and was left permanently paralysed from the chest down.<\/p>\n