King Charles is said to be delighted with his first Birthday Honours list as monarch, with more than 1,000 unsung heroes set to be awarded - including several Scottish faces.
It comes just one week after the system was tarnished by disgraced ex-PM Boris Johnson, who used his own resignation honours list to commend close allies in No10.
A total of 1,171 people made the list, with the awards including 332 British Empire Medals (BEM), 471 Medal of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and 236 Order of the British Empire (OBE). Among those honoured, 50% are women and 11% come from ethnic minority backgrounds. Nearly a quarter - 23% - considered themselves to come from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
