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"Kenneth Branagh has been knighted in this year&amp;#039;s Queen&amp;#039;s Birthday Honours. Kate Winslet, Gary Barlow, Gareth Malone, Amanda Redman and Armando Iannucci are among the other names who have been recognised on the annual list.   Shakespearean actor Branagh said that he was &amp;quot;humble, elated and incredibly lucky&amp;quot; to be made a &amp;#039;Sir&amp;#039; for his services to drama and the community in Northern Ireland. The Thor director said: &amp;quot;When I was a kid I dreamed of pulling on a shirt for the Northern Ireland football team. I could only imagine how proud you might feel. Today it feels like they just gave me the shirt, and my heart&amp;#039;s fit to burst.&amp;quot; Titanic actress Winslet collects a CBE, while Take That singer Barlow picks up an OBE, as had been previously reported. Elsewhere, Military Wives choirmaster Malone and The Thick of It writer Iannucci have been made OBEs, and New Tricks star Redman is given an MBE.   Upstairs Downstairs actress and co-creator Jean Marsh, playwright and ex-Casualty star Kwame Kwei Armah and Spooks alum Jenny Agutter have all received OBEs. Kate Middleton&amp;#039;s wedding dress designer Sarah Burton is awarded an OBE, while The Woman in Black author Susan Hill and former Spectator editor Alexander Chancellor get CBEs. In the sports world, ex-England goalkeeper David James, Welsh rugby union player Shane Williams and golfer Luke Donald bag MBEs. Meanwhile, former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell becomes a Dame. Musician Richard Stilgoe, opera director David McVicar, Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone and Royal Shakespeare Company director Michael Boyd join Branagh in being knighted. Sir Bruce Forsyth, Colin Firth and Bernard Cribbins were among the names recognised in last year&amp;#039;s Queen&amp;#039;s Birthday Honours List. Photo gallery - Queen&amp;#039;s Birthday Honours List 2012:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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