{"id":711125,"date":"2026-06-03T00:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/711125\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:31:09","slug":"idris-elba-still-isnt-james-bond-but-hes-now-a-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/711125\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba still isn’t James Bond, but he’s now a knight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Idris Elba might not be the new James Bond, but he is now one of the U.K.’s newest knights.<\/p>\n

He was one of several stars who were honoured at Windsor Castle, tapped on the shoulder with a shiny sword and officially knighted by King Charles on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“We are thankful, the work continues,” Elba wrote in an Instagram story alongside a photo of himself sporting his fresh gold medal, hand in hand with his wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba.<\/p>\n

Known for his roles in TV series such as The Wire and Luther, he was knighted for his services to young people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2022, he and his wife founded the Elba Hope Foundation<\/a>, which aims to promote sustainable development in the U.K., U.S. and Africa, and expand opportunity and access for young people and offer support for community empowerment and education.<\/p>\n

\"an‘We are thankful, the work continues,’ Elba wrote in an Instagram story alongside a photo of himself sporting his new medal his wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba. (Instagram\/@IdrisElba)<\/p>\n

He’s also a goodwill ambassador for The King’s Trust<\/a>, a charity founded by King Charles (formerly The Prince’s Trust) to support vulnerable young people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor, musician and activist, a lifelong fan of the Arsenal soccer club, also posted a video to his socials of him jumping up and down, holding a brand new Arsenal jersey with “SIR ELBA” written on it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Elba and Charles are also teaming up for a Netflix documentary<\/a> to mark 50 years of the charity, which launched in 1976. That\u2019s scheduled to be released in the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And his start in the arts is intertwined with the palace. When he was 18, he received a grant from The Prince’s Trust and used it to attend the National Youth Music Theatre, where he studied acting. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Other knighthood and damehood recipients on Tuesday included Olympic ice dancing champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, recognized for their services to ice skating and voluntary work.<\/p>\n

Comedian Meera Syal was also honoured for her services to literature, drama and charity. And comedian Paul Elliott, known as one of the Chuckle Brothers, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his charitable service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-711125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}