Knighthood recognises work of all officers, says Police Scotland chief

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scotland’s police chief has said his knighthood is “great recognition” for the work his officers up and down the country do every day. Sir Iain said: “It’s a great honour to receive a knighthood for me personally, and for my family, but I also think it’s a great recognition for policing in Scotland and the excellent work that the officers and staff of Police Scotland do every day right across the whole of Scotland.” One of his officers, Pc Stephen Tanner, was also at the ceremony to be awarded a Queen’s Police Medal. Dodds, 31, said it was a “great honour” and added: “Obviously you’ve seen so many people getting awards like this and to be part of it now is an incredible honour and something I’m going to cherish for the rest of my life.” Duff, 25, said: “It’s something you’ve always seen people get, that you aspire to, people who you see as celebrities and that have done really inspirational things, and I would have never thought I’d be one of those people who have one … so it’s just amazing.” Scottish goalkeeping great Alan Rough, 71, was made an MBE for services to association football and charity north of the border. Speaking after the ceremony, he said: “It’s an absolutely fantastic day, a fantastic occasion.” He described meeting the Princess Royal as “fantastic”, and the former Partick Thistle and Hibs player added: “I was telling her that I met her mum in the Silver Jubilee, we had a Scotland-England game and her mum came along and presented to the players, so she was chatting about that.” Samantha Kinghorn, world champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic medallist, was made an MBE.