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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

A campaigner who took on the UK Post Office joins Tracey Emin, Imelda Staunton on royal honors list

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A former post office branch manager who campaigned to expose a vast miscarriage of justice has been given a knighthood by King Charles III.

Alan Bates is among more than 1,000 people, including artist Tracey Emin, actress Imelda Staunton and Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon, recognized on Friday on the King’s Birthday Honors list, released to mark the British monarch’s official birthday.

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