London - Andy Murray will start his 2017 as the youngest man
ever knighted in modern Britain after being named to the New Year
Honour's list by Queen Elizabeth on Friday.
The 29-year-old tennis world number one headed a list that also
included knighthoods for Olympic athlete Mo Farah and Kinks musician
Ray Davies, and damehoods for Olympic heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill
and British-American Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Local media reported that Murray has already asked Wimbledon to keep
referring to him by his name and not "Sir Andy" as would be the
custom.
Women made up more than half of those being honoured this year and
the list also included the greatest ever proportion - 9.3 per cent -
of ethnic minority recipients of the Order of the British Empire.