Commentator receives MBE

The former international player, who had kept his inclusion on the New Year Honours list a secret even from his wife, was honoured for services to sport.

Sir Keith Porter, the consultant responsible for co-ordinating the care of British troops injured in Afghanistan, received his knighthood.

Author and royal biographer Sir William Shawcross, who wrote the official biography of the Queen Mother, was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) while writer Lady Antonia Fraser was made a dame for services to literature and veteran Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley was knighted.