The actor Gary Oldman and Roger Daltrey, frontman of the Who, have been knighted in the king’s birthday honours list, which also confirms there is a knighthood for David Beckham, while the Angel of the North sculptor, Sir Antony Gormley, receives the top gong of Companion of Honour. Pat Barker, the author of The Regeneration Trilogy, Penny Mordaunt, the former defence secretary, and the ceramicist Emma Bridgewater are among those to be made dames. Beckham, 50, who has been honoured for services to sport and charity, said he “never could have imagined I would receive such a truly humbling honour”....