Meeting the moment: Queen Elizabeth honors pandemic's heroes

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2020 file photo fitness coach Joe Wicks poses for a photo. Wicks, who effectively became the U.K.'s personal trainer during the lockdown due to the spread of coronavirus has received a MBE, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award, in the Queen's birthday Honor list it was announced late Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (Ian West/PA via AP, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, Mary Berry poses for photographers upon arrival at the National Television Awards in London. Berry, the food writer and former judge of the hugely popular Great British Bake Off has been made a dame in the Queen's Birthday honor list is was announced late Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Friday, June 27, 2014 filephoto, David Suchet poses for a portrait during an interview in Los Angeles. Suchet, who played Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot on television for almost 25 years has been knighted for services to entertainment in the Queen's Birthday honor list, it was announced late Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP, File)

In this Oct. 7, 2020 photo, Mustafa Kemal Koksal poses for a photo at his home in York, England, Queen Elizabeth II has used her delayed birthday honors list to celebrate the selfless work of people — some more famous than others — in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Koksal received a Medal of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community during the pandemic. As an NHS volunteer the 63-year-old completed at least one volunteer duty every day over the two months he couldn't work as a bus supervisor, totalling more than 80 trips to fetch shopping or collect prescriptions for elderly and disabled people in York. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)