Two judges, a QC and the head of the Crown Prosecution Service woke up over the weekend to the exciting news that they had been included in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
However, when they proceeded to check out the illustrious company amongst whom they found themselves, their hearts may have fallen a little bit upon discovering that fellow subjects had been honoured for services to basket-making, the pig industry and organising a party on the Regent's Canal.
A newly knighted lawyer peruses the Queen's honours list
