Queen Elizabeth II knighted Kenneth Branagh and gave Kate Winslet an Order of the British Empire as part of her regular Birthday Honors. Branagh was excited to join the knighted actor side: “‘When I was a kid, I dreamed of pulling on a shirt for the Northern Ireland football team,’ said the Belfast-born, 51-year-old actor. ‘I could only imagine how proud you might feel. Today it feels like they just gave me the shirt, and my heart’s fit to burst.'”