OBE for actress Knightley

Keira Knightley will receive an OBE for her services to drama and charity.

The royal honour comes more than 15 years after the twice Oscar-nominated film star scored her breakthrough role as a football-mad teenager in Bend It Like Beckham.

Since then, Knightley, 33, has gone on to star in several blockbuster films including Pirates of the Caribbean and has made a name for herself in big screen period dramas.

She has also been nominated for two Baftas, for Atonement and The Imitation Game.