The 27-year-old from Wales is to receive her award from the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, alongside fellow Paralympian David Ellis, 38, a visually impaired athlete who won gold in the men’s paratriathlon.
Paralympics gold medallists to be honoured at Buckingham Palace Two athletes are set to be be honoured at Buckingham Palace after they won gold medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Forty-seven other people are due to receive their honours at the royal residence on Wednesday, including shipwreck hunter David Mearns, who is currently searching the seabed off the Algerian coast for the anchor of the HMT Empire Windrush, which brought Caribbean migrants to the UK in the 1940s.
Richard Finney, the moustache expert whose home-made grooming wax was used to keep David Suchet’s moustache in place as detective Hercule Poirot in the classic ITV drama, is also to be honoured for services to international trade and to charity.
Paralympic track and field athlete Sabrina Fortune, who won the gold medal in shot put with a world record of 15.12 metres, was made an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours 2025.
