Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton capped a remarkable year on and off the track after he was awarded a knighthood in the UK's New Year's Honours List.
This year, Hamilton won his seventh F1 driver's championship title, equaling the great Michael Schumacher's record.
Off the track, the 35-year-old became a powerful voice on the issue of racism and was one of British sport's leading voices supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.
Hamilton's knighthood was awarded in the "overseas" section of the honours list because he lives in low-tax Monaco.
The queen's honours are awarded twice a year, in late December and in June, when the monarch's birthday is observed.
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