Today’s birthdays

The Duke of Cambridge is 40. Mr Wally Fawkes, cartoonist, 1945-2005, 98; Sir Bernard Ingham, Chief Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1979-90, 90; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, trades unionist, 80; Sir Ray Davies, singer and songwriter, 78; Lord Saatchi, advertising executive, 76; Baroness Hoey, former Labour Government Minister, 76; Sir Malcolm Rifkind, QC, former Conservative Cabinet Minister, 76; Mr Ian Mcewan, author, 74; Lord Kingarth, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 73; Sir Nicholas Blake, a former High Court Judge, 73; Mr John Agard, poet, 73; Lord Etherton, Master of the Rolls, 2016-21, 71; Mr Jeremy Coney, former New Zealand cricket captain, now commentator, 70; Mr Brian Barwick, President, Rugby League World Cup; Chairman, Rugby Football League, 2013-18; Chief Executive, Football Association, 2005-08, 68; and Ms Grace Clough, former international rower; Paralympic gold medallist, mixed coxed four, Rio 2016, 28.