Harry Kane arrives at Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE

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England's star striker Harry Kane has arrived at Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE from Prince William.

The 25-year-old Tottenham striker was awarded the honour for services to football and in recognition of England's semi-final run at the 2018 World Cup in the Queen's 2019 New Year Honours list.

Kane looked happy and relaxed as his posed on the steps of Buckingham Palace with his partner, Kate Goodland, before going inside to receive the honour from the Duke of Cambridge.

Kane was made an MBE alongside the former editor-in-chief of Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan Joanna Coles and MasterChef winner and restaurateur Thomasina Miers.

Ms Coles, who was chief content officer for Hearst Magazines, which publishes Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Marie Claire and Country Living, will be presented with an OBE for services to journalism and the media industry.

Ms Miers, co-founder of Mexican street food chain Wahaca and winner of the 2005 series of the BBC's MasterChef, received her OBE for services to the food industry.

London imam Mohamed Mamoud - who was acclaimed for calming fellow Muslims to prevent retaliation against far-right terrorist killer Darren Osborne after the Finsbury Park attack in June 2017 - received an OBE for services to the community in London.

Vera Schaufled, who came to England aged nine in the Kindertransport in 1939 following the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, received an MBE for services to Holocaust education.

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