Bono and Anna Wintour among those to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
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U2 frontman Bono, Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour and British conservationist Dame Jane Goodall are among the famous faces who will receive America's highest civilian honour from outgoing President Joe Biden. The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be awarded to 19 people this year across politics, sports, entertainment and other fields.
Back To The Future actor and Parkinson's campaigner Michael J Fox, Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and billionaire philanthropist George Soros will also be among the recipients. The White House said all those set to be awarded have made "exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavours".
President Biden will present the medals in a ceremony on Saturday. Four medals will be awarded posthumously. They will be given to Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act; former attorney general and senator Robert F Kennedy; George W Romney, who served as both a Michigan governor and secretary of housing and urban development; and Ash Carter, a former secretary of defence.
Mr Kennedy is father to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary. Mr Romney is the father of former Utah Republican senator Mitt Romney, one of Mr Trump's strongest conservative critics. Read more from Sky News:Nosferatu director on resurrecting the vampire film that 'invented horror movies'Neil Young confirmed as Glastonbury headliner - days after saying he was pulling out.
