Overview
- The King’s Birthday Honours list, published this weekend, names almost 1,200 people and includes Kevin Sinfield being awarded a knighthood for services to the MND community and to league and union rugby.
- Sinfield has completed six high-profile endurance challenges inspired by late Leeds Rhinos team‑mate Rob Burrow and has raised more than £10 million for MND charities.
- He is reported to be planning a seventh and final ‘seven’-themed challenge in September that will visit Super League grounds and continue fundraising and patient support work.
- Dame Helen Mirren was appointed a Companion of Honour, a rare lifetime distinction limited to 65 living members, and six members of England’s European Championship‑winning Lionesses were made MBEs, including Chloe Kelly and 20‑year‑old Michelle Agyemang.
- The honours list pairs high‑profile awards with community recognitions across medicine, the arts and public service, underscoring official acknowledgement of long campaigns for charities, sustained public service and cultural achievement.