Idris Elba and Torvill and Dean receive honours at Windsor Castle

Actor Sir Idris Elba was 1 of respective stars to person honours from King Charles astatine Windsor Castle connected Tuesday.

The 53-year-old, known for US transgression bid The Wire and constabulary play Luther, was awarded a knighthood successful the New Year Honours for services to young people.

There was besides a knighthood and damehood for Olympic champions Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean, for services to crystal skating and to voluntary service.

Actress and comedian Dame Meera Syal, known for The Kumars At No 42 and Goodness Gracious Me, was recognised for services to literature, play and charity.

In 2022, Sir Idris founded the Elba Hope Foundation, which supports assemblage empowerment, education, younker advocacy and sustainable development.

The histrion utilized a assistance from the Prince's Trust – present the King's Trust – to be the National Youth Music Theatre aged 18.

It was announced past twelvemonth that the Luther prima volition squad up with the King to make a documentary marking 50 years since Charles founded the charity, owed to aerial connected Netflix this autumn.

Ice dancers Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher took location the Olympic golden astatine the 1984 Winter Games for their Bolero performance.

The brace aboriginal became the faces of ITV personage contention amusement Dancing On Ice.

After uncovering retired astir the honour, Dame Jayne, 68, said the timing seemed "perfect" aft the 2 danced connected the crystal for the last clip past year.

She said: "We had specified a large time, we were truthful blessed with the circuit and the information that we got done it.

"It was a large happening for america to people our vocation earlier retirement, and past receiving this grant astatine the extremity of the year, it's conscionable finished everything. It's perfect."

Dame Meera Syal had her breakthrough penning and starring successful the BBC sketch amusement Goodness Gracious Me successful the precocious 1990s, and went connected to look successful The Kumars astatine No. 42 successful the aboriginal 2000s.

In 2017, the histrion was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and successful 2023, she was awarded the Bafta Fellowship, the British Academy's highest accolade for a vocation connected screen.

Dame Meera is besides an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society, a relation she took up successful 2013 aft receiving "amazing" assistance from the foundation pursuing her father's dementia diagnosis.

She is besides a protagonist of Kisharon - a foundation for Jewish children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities and autism.

Also connected Tuesday, Rotherham comedian Paul Elliott, champion known arsenic 1 of the Chuckle Brothers, was made an Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for charitable service.

The drama treble act, made up of Paul and his precocious member Barry, were a staple successful British homes with their TV amusement ChuckleVision.

Nearly 300 episodes, which aired during the 1990s and 2000s, showed the hapless, accident-prone brothers uttering their catchphrase "To me, to you" arsenic they caused chaos everyplace they went.

Elliott, known arsenic Paul Chuckle, has been a salient protagonist and ambassador for Marie Curie.

The charity's nurses provided end-of-life attraction for Barry, and Paul antecedently spoke astir however the nurses looked aft his member "with unthinkable attraction and kindness".