Capt Sir Tom led a fundraising effort that encouraged members of the public to donate tens of millions of pounds to NHS charities via a JustGiving page during the coronavirus lockdown, resulting in £32.7 million being raised.

He received his honour in exceptional circumstances - outside of the usual timescale for knighthoods, and at a time when the pandemic has led to the postponement of all other honours being conferred.

It has marked another special day in an extraordinary few months for the man that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who made the nomination for the knighthood, described as a "national treasure".