Ellie Goulding awarded MBE in King Charles’ New Year Honours list

Ellie Goulding received an MBE for services to biodiversity and the climate. Photo / Getty Images

Ellie Goulding has been awarded an MBE in King Charles’ New Year Honours List.

The 39-year-old singer – who is a global environmental ambassador for the UN – has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to biodiversity and the climate.

Other music stars included among the 1157 people on the list are Cynthia Erivo and actor Idris Elba, 53.

Cynthia, 38, has been made an MBE for services to music and drama and said it is something “I could never have thought would happen”.

She went on: “I hope it shows that I care deeply about the work and will continue to do so to the best of my abilities.”

Sir Idris – whose Elba Hope Foundation supports youth advocacy – was included on the monarch’s list for his work campaigning against knife crime.

He said: “I receive this honour on behalf of the many young people whose talent, ambition and resilience has driven the work of the Elba Hope Foundation.

“I hope we can do more to draw attention to the importance of sustained, practical support for young people and to the responsibility we all share to help them find an alternative to violence.”

Actor and presenter Warwick Davis, author Richard Osman and Little Britain comedian Matt Lucas have all been awarded OBEs, while comedian Bill Bailey, actress Sally Lindsay and children’s TV star Paul Elliott, from the Chuckle Brothers, have all been made MBEs.