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Actress Anne-Marie Duff is made OBE Presenter and singer Myleene Klass becomes a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), as does Doctor Who star Tom Baker, while Anne Marie-Duff is made ...

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A multiple award winner, the novelist, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has been knighted and made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to literature. Early one ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...