The former leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, and four MPs have been knighted by the Queen.
Foster, 51, was the First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2017 and again—after three years of political deadlock with Sinn Fein—between January 2020 and January 2021.
She quit as leader of the DUP in 2021 and the party’s current leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, wrote on Twitter: “Heartiest congratulations to Dame Arlene Foster on her inclusion in the Queens Birthday Honours List in this special jubilee year. Delighted to see Arlene recognised in this way for her leadership and enormous contribution to politics in Northern Ireland over many years.”…