Hard day’s knight

Sir Paul Mccartney, the former Beatle, was (almost) all smiles yesterday at Buckingham Palace as he and his wife, Nancy Shevell, attended his investiture as Companion of Honour. Darcey Bussell (above), the former ballerina and now judge on the BBC’S Strictly Come Dancing, was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Her Majesty the Queen in a day of ceremonies in London.