The King's Birthday Honours will be announced tonight, and Reform leader Nigel Farage is pipped as a potential candidate. While dozens of lesser-known MPs have been awarded knighthoods, The Express learned Mr Farage was consistently snubbed, after a source said but was blocked by the "establishment" in 2023.

It is understood while he was Prime Minister for his services to Brexit, but it was blocked by the committee. This year, William Hill has placed odds of Nigel Farage's chances of being knighted at 100/1.

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The betting site said: "Following the footballing trend, ex-player Gary Lineker is 25/1 to be knighted, followed by England Men's captain Harry Kane (33/1) and Joe Root (33/1).

"Dan Cole is an outsider to receive a knighthood at 50/1, while Nigel Farage, Liam and Noel Gallagher round off the betting as long shots at 100/1."

having been pipped to take the title of Sir.

who was knighted on Tuesday, June 10, following his mention in the New Year's Honours List.

It was heavily criticised by senior Conservative politicians, citing the cost of housing and transport and crime rates, which they said had risen under his Mayoral candidacy.

A 220,000-strong petition to prevent the Knighthood read that a "once thriving capital is now divided and stagnant, and all under his watch".

was also awarded a Knighthood, despite being Education Secretary for the Covid exam disaster, and being sacked as Defence Secretary for allegedly leaking secure information.

The news prompted fierce backlash, with Labour calling Williamson's record "disgraceful" and the Liberal Democrats calling the knighthood "an insult to every child, parent and teacher who struggled through Covid against the odds".