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Rebecca Speare-Cole & Alya Zayed

Mel B to receive royal honours from Queen in Buckingham Palace ceremony

Mel B will receive royal honours at Buckingham Palace. The Leeds-born pop star will be honoured at a ceremony on today (May 4). Melanie Brown, 46, was made an MBE in the 2022 New Year Honours list for services to charitable causes and vulnerable women. The Spice Girl became a patron of the charity Women’s Aid in 2018.

It will be the first major investiture to be staged at the Queen’s London residence since the start of the pandemic more than two years ago.

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Others collecting awards include former England football boss Roy Hodgson, radio presenter Simon Mayo and actress Ruth Wilson. Paralympians Chris Ryan and Thomas Young will also be honoured at the ceremony.

The last investiture at the palace was on March 12 2020 just before the first lockdown, and was conducted by the Prince of Wales, Charles.

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