King Charles has bestowed a knighthood on Idris Elba in the New
\nYear\u2019s Honours List and the reason is something that underlines the
\nstrong connection between the two.<\/p>\n
Sir Idris Elba has been recognised for his work with young
\npeople which has seen him involved in many projects supporting
\nambition and talent development.<\/p>\n
As well as his own Elba Hope Foundation, Sir Idris is also an
\nambassador for The King\u2019s Trust. His Foundation works closely with
\nthe Trust.<\/p>\n
The new knight has also credited The King\u2019s Trust for starting
\nhis stellar career. He turned to it as a teenager when he was
\nhoping to start out in acting. He was given a grant for it which
\nhelped him to pursue his ambition. He\u2019s since gone on to become one
\nof Britain\u2019s most successful actors, starring in some of the
\nbiggest TV series and films of the past decades. He\u2019s been
\nnominated for Golden Globes and Baftas.<\/p>\n
In recent years, he has worked closely with King Charles to keep
\nsupporting young people in their ambitions. Earlier this year, Sir
\nIdris was at St. James\u2019 Palace in London with The King for Youth
\nSummit focused on providing opportunities through both The King\u2019s
\nTrust and the Don\u2019t Stop Your Future Campaign.<\/p>\n
The summit, which also took place in 2024, also focused on
\ntackling problems including youth violence.<\/p>\n
In 2024, his Elba Hope Foundation partnered with The King\u2019s
\nTrust on a new project to create opportunities for young people.
\nCreative Futures provided free courses for youngsters to build the
\nskills and confidence they needed for working in the creative
\nindustries.<\/p>\n
In 2026, The King and the knight will be seen together in a
\nNetflix programme documenting the impact of The King\u2019s Trust as it
\ncelebrates its 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Sir Idris leads an Honours list which also sees a Damehood for
\nactor and comedian Meera Syal who is recognised for her services to
\ndrama, literature and charity.<\/p>\n
Also knighted is Christopher Dean, the celebrated ice skater
\nwhile his professional partner, Jayne Torvill, is made a Dame.
\nThere\u2019s also a knighthood for Roy Clarke, creator of some of the
\nmost popular sitcoms and TV series of the past half century.<\/p>\n
Cynthia Erivo, star of Wicked, becomes an MBE for services to
\nmusic and drama. Richard Osman gets an OBE for services to
\nliterature and broadcasting while comedian and musician, Bill
\nBailey, is made an MBE for services to entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles has bestowed a knighthood on Idris Elba in the New Year\u2019s Honours List and the reason…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-208185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}