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London - Sweet dreams are made of this for Annie Lennox, honoured by Queen Elizabeth II in the monarch's New Year list of awards.
The statuesque Scottish singer, who came to fame in 1980s duo Eurythmics, was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for her work with charities fighting AIDS and poverty in Africa. She is an ambassador for development group Oxfam and founded the SING campaign to help women and children with HIV.
Lennox said she was "getting my fake leopard pillbox hat dusted and ready" for the Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
Twice a year
"As somewhat of a renegade, it either means I've done something terribly right - or they've done something terribly wrong," she said.
Lennox, 56, is among several 1980s icons honoured in Friday's list. Fashion designer Katharine Hamnett, creator of that decade's oversized "Choose Life" slogan T-shirts, and Grammy-winning music producer Trevor Horn, who honed the futuristic sound of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, were both named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
Britain's honours are bestowed twice a year by the monarch - at New Year's and on her official birthday in June - but recipients are selected by committees of civil servants from nominations made by the government and the public.
In descending order, the honours are knighthoods, CBE, OBE and MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire. Knights are addressed as "sir" or "dame". Recipients of the other honours have no title but can put the letters after their names.
Other entertainers honoured
Most of the honours go to people who are not in the limelight, for services to their community or industry, but they also reward a sprinkling of famous faces.
Theatre Grande dame Harriet Walter was made a real dame - the female equivalent of a knight - in recognition of a career that has ranged from the Royal Shakespeare Company to TV cop show Law and Order: UK.
Historian Antonia Fraser, biographer of Marie Antoinette and Mary, Queen of Scots, also became a dame.
Other entertainers honoured were veteran actor Burt Kwouk - best known as Cato in the Pink Panther movies - and folk-rock musician Richard Thompson. Both received OBEs.
There also were OBEs for Academy Award-winning costume designer Sandy Powell (Shakespeare In Love, The Aviator) and movie director Andrea Arnold, whose gritty feature Fish Tank was a Cannes Film Festival prize-winner.
The statuesque Scottish singer, who came to fame in 1980s duo Eurythmics, was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for her work with charities fighting AIDS and poverty in Africa. She is an ambassador for development group Oxfam and founded the SING campaign to help women and children with HIV.
Lennox said she was "getting my fake leopard pillbox hat dusted and ready" for the Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
Twice a year
"As somewhat of a renegade, it either means I've done something terribly right - or they've done something terribly wrong," she said.
Lennox, 56, is among several 1980s icons honoured in Friday's list. Fashion designer Katharine Hamnett, creator of that decade's oversized "Choose Life" slogan T-shirts, and Grammy-winning music producer Trevor Horn, who honed the futuristic sound of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, were both named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
Britain's honours are bestowed twice a year by the monarch - at New Year's and on her official birthday in June - but recipients are selected by committees of civil servants from nominations made by the government and the public.
In descending order, the honours are knighthoods, CBE, OBE and MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire. Knights are addressed as "sir" or "dame". Recipients of the other honours have no title but can put the letters after their names.
Other entertainers honoured
Most of the honours go to people who are not in the limelight, for services to their community or industry, but they also reward a sprinkling of famous faces.
Theatre Grande dame Harriet Walter was made a real dame - the female equivalent of a knight - in recognition of a career that has ranged from the Royal Shakespeare Company to TV cop show Law and Order: UK.
Historian Antonia Fraser, biographer of Marie Antoinette and Mary, Queen of Scots, also became a dame.
Other entertainers honoured were veteran actor Burt Kwouk - best known as Cato in the Pink Panther movies - and folk-rock musician Richard Thompson. Both received OBEs.
There also were OBEs for Academy Award-winning costume designer Sandy Powell (Shakespeare In Love, The Aviator) and movie director Andrea Arnold, whose gritty feature Fish Tank was a Cannes Film Festival prize-winner.
