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Casey Cooper-Fiske

The Who’s Roger Daltrey ‘very humbled’ by ‘dream come true’ knighthood

Sir Roger Daltrey has been made a knight bachelor (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Who frontman Sir Roger Daltrey has said he is “very humbled” to be made a knight bachelor in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to charity and music.

Sir Roger, 81, who launched and curated the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concerts from 2000 to 2025, told the PA news agency he would be celebrating with “a bottle of plonk”.

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