British actors Sir Lenny Henry, 57, and Martin Clunes OBE, 54, were delighted at being recognised for their life's work during an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Comic Relief co-founder Sir Lenny, who was married to Dawn French for 25 years, received a knighthood from the Queen for his servicesfor drama and charity.
He dedicated his knighthood to those who had contributed to or worked with the charity over its 30 years, raising raised 1 billion ($2.2b).
A gaffe from broadcaster ITV showed a clip of Ainsley Harriott during Lenny's interview.
As Sir Lenny was talking about diversity in British TV, the interview jumped to film of the TV chef singing and dancing.
Viewers quickly made light of the gaffe online by posting pictures of actors such as Morgan Freeman and Idris Elba captioned as Lenny Henry.
Doc Martin and Men Behaving Badly actor Martin Clunes received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to drama, charity and the community in Dorset.
