The Queen's New Year Honors list, published on New Year's Eve to "recognise the achievements and services of extraordinary people across the United Kingdom," sees veteran stage and film actors Barbara Windsor and Siân Phillips both made Dames, choreographer Matthew Bourne made a Knight, and Imelda Staunton, who already held an OBE, being 'upgraded' to an CBE.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28AM on December 31, 2015