The King has recognised several people from Brighton and Hove and others with links to the city in the birthday honours list.
Among them is Maria Caulfield, the former Minister of State for Health and MP for Lewes, who previously represented Moulsecoomb and Bevendean on Brighton and Hove City Council.
Mrs Caulfield, 51, was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for political and public service.
She works as a nurse, researching gynaecological cancers at the Royal Marsden, in London, and previously worked at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton.
In her teens, her mother died from breast cancer, spurring her to become an NHS nurse and to work in cancer research.
She said: “I am delighted to receive the award and never expected this but pleased that the work we did in government to improves women’s health has made a difference.
“I am back nursing now at the Royal Marsden and carrying on the work of improving women’s health.”
Another former MP to have been honoured is Gordon Marsden, who lives in Brighton. He served as the Labour MP for Blackpool South from 1997 to 2019.
Mr Marsden has been made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for political and public service.
Retired teacher Graham Goldup, 65, has been appointed an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to education.
Mr Goldup was the senior assistant head teacher at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, in Hove, and a long-serving teacher who taught geography to geography to generations of secondary school children.
Mr Goldup, who lives in Worthing, said: “I’m thrilled to have been given this honour which recognises my work over the past 40 years in geography locally and nationally and post-16 education.
“It has been a privilege to teach thousands of students at Cardinal Newman Catholic School since 1981; work alongside highly talented and supportive teachers and support staff; and have the opportunity to lead and drive geography nationally through opportunities from the Geographical Association, Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) and the Royal Geographical Society.
“I am truly indebted to so many great geography educators across the country and five head teachers that have wholeheartedly believed in me, allowed me to pursue ideas and opportunities and enabled my teaching career to develop and flourish.”
Jo Shiner, the Chief Constable of Sussex, has been awarded the King’s Police Medal (KPM). She joined Sussex Police as deputy chief constable in 2018 and was promoted to the top job five years ago.
Jo Berry, 67, the daughter of an MP who was murdered in the Grand hotel bombing in Brighton 40 years ago said that she was proud to have been made a CBE.
She has dedicated her life to peace and reconciliation since the death of her father Sir Anthony Berry, the former Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate.
The bombing on Friday 12 October 1984 tore apart the landmark hotel where the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and members of her cabinet were staying while the Conservative Party conference took place.
Five people, including Sir Anthony, were killed in the explosion and 34 others were injured.
After the bomber, IRA member Patrick Magee, was released from prison in 1999 under the Good Friday Agreement, the pair have appeared together at hundreds of events.
She said: “I’ve dedicated my life to peace and reconciliation and that’s what I got this award for. I’m just so moved by it. I can’t put it into words. I’m so happy.”
Singer and actress Elaine Paige has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours list.
The 77-year-old star, who shot to fame in Evita in 1978, was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the British Empire) for services to music and to charity.
Dame Elaine said: “I sponsor or sort of nurture students at Mountview drama school (in London) as well as the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM).”
She said: “I’m kind of still in that mode of complete disbelief. You know, it’s been such a shock. And I think probably the word to say is astonished.”
“I was absolutely astonished to receive such a great honour from the King in recognition for music and the charitable organisations that I support.
“It’s the ultimate privilege and I’m just over the moon about it and absolutely thrilled. It’s all very exciting.
“I’ve got all these different emotions coming at me all at once. I’m proud and I feel grateful and I’m thrilled and surprised … it’s been quite a lot to take in.”
Dame Elaine has had starring roles in Cats, Chess, Piaf and Sunset Boulevard and has more recently starred in pantomimes at the London Palladium.
She has recorded more than 20 solo albums and had a chart-topping single with Barbar Dickson, singing I Know Him So Well.
Another singer with Brighton links to be honoured was Roger Daltrey who was given a knighthood.
The Who frontman was in Brighton less than two months ago for the opening night of his latest tour – Alive and Kicking … And Having Fun!
Sir Roger is a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust and was knighted for services to charity and to music.
Doris Levinson has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Jewish and interfaith charities and to the community in Sussex. She is the founder and editor of the Sussex Jewish News.
Robert Deaville was also awarded a BEM – for services to marine species conservation for his work with whales. He is the project manager for the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme at the Zoological Society of London.
NOT MY KING !!!
You live in a constitutional monarchy, get over it.
It doesn’t matter how old we get; it feels wrong to call a teacher anything other than Mr X or Mrs X. Well deserved.
I agree with Benjamin. This is an appropriate recognition of someone who is deserving of it. It is refreshing to have a politician with a real job/profession as opposed to a politics related degree followed by a ‘job’ working for a political party.
Congratulations Maria.