Promotion for Clare Balding in Queen's Birthday Honours

Chiswick-based TV presenter upgraded from an OBE to a CBE

Clare Balding receiving her OBE in 2013. Picture: Clare Balding

Clare Balding has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

The Chiswick-based TV personality was given the award for services to sport and to charity. She was made an OBE in the same list in 2013.

As well as being the regular presenter of Sport Relief, she is a patron of a number of charities including the British Thyroid Foundation, Riding for the Disabled, British Paralympic Association, Diversity Role Models, Retraining of Racehorses and the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Plus she is Vice-Patron for Injured Jockeys Fund and Helen Rollason Cancer Charity.

Clare told us, “I’m delighted, grateful and overawed by this extraordinary honour. I think it reflects how much people enjoy sport and for me, broadcasting major events has always been about more than what happens on the field of play. We have a lot to learn about how the leading competitors recover from mistakes and keep their focus as well as how they work for others in their team. I certainly couldn’t do what I do without a brilliant team around me and this award is theirs rather than mine”.

There are a total of 1,134 people on the list issued by the Cabinet Office for the Queen's birthday honours in 2022 of which 1,002 received an OBE, MBE or BEM. 673 of the awards were for outstanding work in the community and 51.5% went to women with 13.3% going to candidates from ethnic minorities.

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June 4, 2022