Dracula actor Christopher Lee will receive knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List The 87-year-old Lee, famed for his role as the blood-sucking
Count in the Hammer horror movie classics, has found popularity with more modern audiences by starring in the "Lord of the Rings" and "Star
Wars" trilogies. The Queen's twice-yearly list recognizes achievements in all walks of British life, from the rich and famous to community workers.
There are 984 nominations in all, more than 70 percent of whom are "local heroes." They include 93-year-old Iris Horn, the volunteer railway station
master in the dainty village of Stogumber in Somerset, who is honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Also recognized is the work of six lifeboat workers, three "lollipop ladies" who help schoolchildren cross the road and a funeral director.
And Michael Burgess, the coroner who conducted inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, will receive an OBE.
Also recognized is the work of six lifeboat workers, three "lollipop ladies" who help schoolchildren cross the road and a funeral director.
And Michael Burgess, the coroner who conducted inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, will receive an OBE.
