text: does anyone else agree kelly holmes did not deserve a dbe? consider the following: matthew pinsent and steve redgrave were knighted after winning gold medals at *three or four* successive olympics; she won gold at one olympics, a feat traditionally recognised with an mbe. other dames like judi dench and julie andrews were only honoured after decades of excellence in their chosen fields. is sports so much more important than acting, writing, public service, etc. that the bar should be set lower? well theres no one really great left to gove them too is there ?  they need to stop giving them out for a while until someone actually does something worthy of it  mark my words ant and dec will get them soon less they stop it