Former Inverness MP Danny Alexander to receive Knighthood
Knighthoods will be presented to Danny Alexander, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, for political and public service, and the man responsible for bringing the Tour de France to Yorkshire last year, Sir Gary Verity.
Knighthoods will be presented to Danny Alexander, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, for political and public service, and the man responsible for bringing the Tour de France to Yorkshire last year, Sir Gary Verity.
Sir Danny, who lost his Inverness parliamentary seat in the May 2015 general election to the Scottish National Party's Drew Hendry, was one of the four Lib Dems responsible for drawing up the Coalition Government's agreement in 2010.
The 43-year-old was Knighted in the 2015 Dissolution Honours alongside fellow former cabinet member Sir Vince Cable.
Sir Gary, chief executive of Welcome To Yorkshire, has been recognised for services to tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014.
Following London Mayor Boris Johnson's September announcement he had turned down the opportunity to host the 2017 Tour De France, Sir Gary said he would love for it to return to Yorkshire by 2020.
Meanwhile, the music executive who played a central role in signing artists such as Taylor Swift and Bryan Adams to Universal Music Group International (UMG) is due to receive his MBE.
Christopher Hole, known as Max, will receive the Most Honourable Order of the British Empire for services to the music industry from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
Mr Hole was chairman and chief executive officer of UMG until October this year, when he was forced to step down after suffering memory loss as a result of contracting encephalitis.
At the time, Lucian Grainge, CEO of UMG, said: Max Hole is one of the most talented and accomplished executives to have ever worked in the music business, with an undying passion for music.''
The 64-year-old has marketed hundreds of artists including Amy Winehouse, Justin Bieber and Bon Jovi and ranked at number 16 on the Guardian and Observer's Music Power 100 in 2011. He also helped secure the company's partnership with TV talent show The Voice.
A folk musician will be following in her father's footsteps when Prince Charles presents her with an MBE.
Eliza Carthy, whose father Martin was awarded an MBE for his services to folk music in 1998, will be honoured for the same reason.
The 40-year-old, whose mother folk musician Norma Waterson performs in a duo with her father, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for UK album of the year in 1998 and 2003.
Another individual who will be presented with an MBE is Nicola Mendelsohn, co-chair of the Creative Industries Council and vice president of Facebook in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for services to creative industries.
In March, the Daily Telegraph referred to the mum-of-four as the most powerful British woman in the tech industry''.