An unusual honour in the birthday honours list goes to The Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts Schori, DD, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, who becomes a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the unity of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

In the absence of Her Majesty the Queen, the award will be made at a special ceremony in the Jerusalem Chamber of Westminster Abbey presided over by Mr Stephen Fry and his husband Elliot.