The PSNI chief constable and Irish broadcaster Terry Wogan have been included in Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honours list.
A knighthood has been awarded to Hugh Orde, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Mr Orde joined the London’s Metropolitan Police Service in 1977 and quickly rose through the ranks.
He was appointed to his present post in May, 2002 having been the chief investigator in the Stevens inquiries in Northern Ireland. He won accolades for leading Sir John Stevens’s team in what was regarded as the most comprehensive investigations into security force collusion in the sectarian murders in the North. Many other inquiries have been discredited.
He already holds an OBE (Order of the British Empire) and now can be referred to as Sir Hugh having been awarded an KBE (Knight to the British Empire) .
Limerick-born broadcaster Terry Wogan has been awarded a different KBE because he is a foreign national. The Irishman is one Britain’s most enduring presenters of radio and television programmes in career that has spanned 40 years and began at RTE.
He is Britain's most popular DJ - his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show Wake Up With Woganhas more than eight million listeners.
He was awarded Knight Commander to the British Empire, which means that officially he should not command the honorific, Sir, but like fellow Irishman Bob Geldof he can use the title informally.