Receiving his honour from the Queen was "nerve-wracking" but she was "wonderful", he added.
Olympic gold medallist Steven Burke has returned to Lancashire for a homecoming parade in his honour.
Yet the residents of Milan, his birthplace, may soon find a thoroughfare named in his honour.
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"I'm delighted to be asked to speak at the event in his honour, " said Bragg.
He ended his day by attending a state dinner in his honour hosted by President Colom.
Thai firm SSI, which bought the plant after it was mothballed, commissioned the sculpture in his honour.
Nils has also received medals for long service and had a 4ft bronze statue built in his honour.
His speech to the UN became such a symbol that it was set to music in his honour.
The scientist was in high spirits after receiving his honour from the queen.
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Sir Henry Royce, the co-founder of Rolls-Royce, is to have a blue plaque put up in his honour in Derby.
The first prizes were bestowed in his honour in 1917, with literature, music and poetry categories added in later years.
He was as punctilious about his honour, as fine a horseman and as deep in debt as any of them.
His honour is for services to general medical practice and to broadcasting.
While Will Jennings, 28, and Rob Gratwicks, 20, from Reading, had gone a step further and were sporting fake moustaches in his honour.
These were dazzling machines in their day, and in many ways just as extraordinary as the Esa observatory called Herschel in his honour.
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Dozens of former cricketers, sports journalists and many Test Match Special colleagues attended a memorial service in his honour at Chelmsford Cathedral in May.
The exhibition in his honour, From the Moon to the Muckle Toon, was officially opened by David Stevenson - the second man to receive such an honour.
The 79-year-old author of The Bonfire of the Vanities sang a few lines from The Girl of Ipanema as he collected his honour on Wednesday.
Mr Smith, who is the former chief executive of the Trevithick Trust, said he hoped his honour will help increase awareness of Cornwall's archaeological wealth.
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At the cemetery where Dr Ali was buried, seven members of the military fired shots in his honour in the presence of hundreds of Maldivians.
Olympic champion Etienne Stott has been cheered by fans during an open-top bus parade through Bedford and renamed a white water arena in his honour.
However, His Honour Judge Phillip Sycamore ruled the council had acted correctly and upheld the actions of the planning officer who recommended permission should be granted.
McCoy was supported by a concerted campaign by the horse racing industry to encourage people to vote for him and several races were renamed in his honour.
The citation for his honour described how Mr Barrell's warmth and dedication to others had helped keep his son's memory alive and also benefited the whole community.
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The widow of an engineer killed in the Algeria hostage crisis said he was "the most amazing person I ever met" at a remembrance service in his honour.
In August, a memorial football match was held in Cardiff in his honour when his old team, Llanrumney FC, reunited and his brother took his captain role.
The day will end with the Pope celebrating Evening Prayer at Westminster Abbey, before a state banquet is held in his honour, although he is not expected to attend.
He was also one of the winning team pursuit cyclists at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne and has been given his honour for services to cycling.
But Sir Tasker never talked publicly about his honour and he refused to let the regimental museum in Cardiff display a specially-commissioned painting of the incident, saying it "over-glamorised" his actions.
And Dr Gabriel Ivbijaro, who has been appointed MBE after 16 years of service as a GP in Walthamstow, east London, said he was "absolutely dumbfounded" when told of his honour.
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