Boxing: Calzaghe to receive CBE
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Your support makes all the difference.Undefeated world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe will receive a CBE from the Queen today.
The Welshman, who beat American fighter Roy Jones Jr earlier this month, is awarded the honour for services to sport and voluntary services in Wales.
Calzaghe, 36, undefeated in 46 bouts, dominated the super-middleweight division for 10 years and beat Mikel Kessler in November 2007 to unify the WBO, WBA and WBC titles for the first time.
The Welshman then stepped up to light-heavyweight and defeated Bernard Hopkins in April to claim the championship belt.
He outclassed Jones Jr during their bout at New York's Madison Square Garden, despite being knocked down in the first round, earning himself plaudits as the UK's greatest boxer yet.
Also receiving awards at the Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony will be actor Don Warrington, best known for playing the erudite, well spoken lodger Philip Smith in the 70s sitcom Rising Damp.
The celebrity, who receives an MBE, has also appeared in the crime drama C.A.T.S. Eyes, New Street Law, Manchild and in the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Architect Lord Rogers has been made a Companion of Honour - given to those making a contribution in arts, science, medicine, or government.
The order consists of just 65 ordinary members at any time.
Lord Rogers, who was knighted in 1992, receives the award for a career that has seen him involved in the design of some of the world's most striking buildings, including Lloyd's of London and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Sir Alan Beith, the Liberal Democrat's longest-serving MP and a former deputy leader of the party, will be knighted.
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