This year will be the first time honours from King Charles have been awarded.
The honours show gratitude to people who have worked hard in their field. However, when The Queen awarded them in the past, some people said no.
Some celebrities turned them down because of political stances while others felt like they didn't deserve the honour. Here we've listed some celebrities and other well-known people from Merseyside who have rejected the offer from The Queen over the years.
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George Harrison
The former Beatle rejected an OBE in 2000. It is believed that George turned down the award because his former bandmate Paul McCartney had been knighted in 1997.
Friend Ray Connolly, who knew The Beatles well, said: "Whoever it was who decided to offer him the OBE and not the knighthood was extraordinarily insensitive. George would have felt insulted - and with very good reason."
John Lennon
Every Beatles member was awarded an MBE in 1965. However, John Lennon famously returned his in 1969. He said he felt uneasy about accepting the honour in case it appeared he endorsed the establishment.
Writing in a letter to the Queen he said: "I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts. With love. John Lennon of Bag."
Howard Gayle
Liverpool FC's first black player has been very outspoken about his reasons for turning down an MBE in 2016. The 61-year-old wrote a column in The Guardian explaining his reasons for refusing the honour.
He said: "I said no. I didn’t even have to think about it because I have always had a very keen sense of Africa and colonialism." He added: "The fact is that I felt it would be a slap in the face for so many to be part of that British empire process. When you look at what the empire did to my family and our ancestors, it just doesn’t bear credence.
"I would always have felt uncomfortable writing those letters after my name. I am British, I was born here and my children were born here. There is no argument to be had about my patriotism. But the empire is something that oppressed black people."
Professor Phil Scraton
Hillsborough campaigner Professor Phil Scraton turned down an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list in 2016. Professor Scraton, from Wallasey, turned down the honour after leading the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s research team which set in motion the legal process.
He also disagreed with the concept of the British Empire saying: "I could not accept an honour tied in name to the ‘British Empire’. In my scholarship and teaching I remain a strong critic of the historical, cultural and political contexts of imperialism and their international legacy.”
Glenda Jackson
Former politician and Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson accepted a CBE in 1978 but reportedly turned down a Damehood. In an interview with the Evening Standard Glenda, from Birkenhead, said: "‘I’d only want to be a dame if it was in panto."
During her acting career Glenda achieved the acting 'Triple Crown' - winning two academy awards for Best Actress, two Emmy awards and the Tony Award for Best Actress.
George Melly
Liverpool-born George Melly rejected a CBE in 2001. The musician, writer, critic, artist and raconteur was a life-long anti-establishment figure and seemed unlikely to accept an honour.
In 2003 CNN suggested the timing of Melly's award was potentially revealing, saying: "Although the honors are bestowed by the queen, they are usually recommended by the prime minister of the day and many of the 'refuseniks' are making protests against government policy.
"More than 40 people have refused to accept honors from current PM Tony Blair. Novelist JG Ballard, James Bond leading lady Honor Blackman and jazz musician George Melly have all turned down honors under Blair."
Carla Lane
Acclaimed TV writer Carla Lane was given an OBE in 1989 - after creating some of the UK's best loved shows - including the Liver Birds and Bread.
Carla was also a prominent animal welfare advocate and it's on these grounds that she returned her honour. In 2002 she handed it back in protest after the former Huntingdon Life Sciences MD Brian Cass was made a CBE.
Jon Snow
Former Liverpool university student Jon Snow declined an OBE in 2000 and the Channel 4 News presenter went on to make a documentary in 2002 entitled Secrets of the Honours System. He remains critical of the use of the term ‘Empire’ in our honours system.
He said afterwards: "I tried to find out why I’d been given it and was unable to get a clear answer or, indeed, to find out who had proposed me."
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