Another accolade: Singer Adele has been given an MBE for services to music capping another incredible year of success

Singer Adele is appointed an MBE, crowning an astonishing few months that have seen her conquer the world.

The 25-year-old’s honour for services to music comes months after she won an Oscar for her James Bond song Skyfall.

Still only two albums into her career, the Tottenham-born singer has sold nearly seven million albums in the UK alone.

Her astonishing achievements in terms of exports – with the best-selling album in the world for two successive years – are likely to have been a decisive factor in the award.

Sports presenter, Clare Balding, widely praised for her coverage of London’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, is appointed an OBE for services to broadcasting and journalism.

Other OBEs go to writer Jackie Collins whose steamy works include The Bitch and The Stud, golfer Paul Lawrie, GQ editor Dylan Jones and author Kate Mosse.

MBEs go to comedian Rob Brydon of Gavin and Stacey fame, singer and broadcaster Aled Jones, singer-songwriter PJ Harvey, and author Joanne Harris.

Entrepreneur and former Dragon’s Den star Hilary Devey was ‘flabbergasted’ to receive a CBE for services to the transport industry and to charity.

Honoured: Broadcaster Clare Balding, left, who was widely praised for her Olympics coverage and Jackie Collins, right, in recognition of her literary work including steamy novels The Bitch and The Stud

Success: Golfer Paul Lawrie, left, and GQ editor Dylan Jones, right, were also on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Talent: Kate Mosse, the author of Labyrinth, left, and singer Aled Jones, have been recognised for their work

Restaurateur Jill Stein, the ex-wife of TV chef Rick Stein, is made an OBE. She runs a business in Padstow, Cornwall, with her former husband, who received the same honour ten years ago.

Artist Grayson Perry, actress Claire Bloom and Thomas Heatherwick, designer of the Olympic Cauldron, also receive CBEs.

An OBE goes to Wendy Parry, whose 12-year-old son Tim was one of two children killed by an IRA bomb in Warrington in March 1993.

In all, 1,180 people are recognised, of whom 72 per cent are ‘local heroes’ engaged in charitable or voluntary work within their communities.

Reward: Turner prize-winning artist Grayson Perry is also on the list for a CBE

All smiles: TV funnyman Rob Brydon is another famous face in line for an MBE 

Unexpected: Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey, left, said she was ‘flabbergasted’ to receive a CBE while Joanne Harris, right, was another author to receive an MBE

Unique: PJ Harvey, who receieved an MBE, is the only artist to have won the Mercury music prize twice

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