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Sir Hans RausingOne of Britain’s leading philanthropists has been appointed a Knight Bachelor at an investiture ceremony attended by the King. Windsor Castle,
The Tetra Pak heir, who has given more than £500 million to at least 2,000 organizations across the UK, was awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honors list for services to the arts in June.
During the pandemic, the Charity Survival Fund, which he founded with his late wife Julia, provided grants to 329 charities.
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Sir Hans co-founded the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust with his late wife Julia Delves Broughton in 2014.
JuliaSir Hans’s second wife, dead She died of cancer in April last year, aged 63, and last year the trust was renamed the Julia Rausing Trust to honor her memory.
The new trust has doubled its annual giving across the UK to £100 million, including a £150,000 donation IndependentBrick by Brick Campaign Constructing a women’s shelter last year.
Sir Hans said of the decoration: “I am extremely proud to receive this prestigious honour.
“This recognition would have meant a lot to my late wife Julia, whose vision led to the creation of our charitable trust in 2014.”
Sir Hans’s first wife, Eva, died in 2012. Friends credited Julia with bringing them happiness after Eva’s death, encouraging the extraordinary generosity of her charitable trust.
his father, Hans Rausing Sr., who died in 2019Is credited with turning Tetra Pak into a global business.
At the investiture ceremony on Tuesday and Wednesday, the television presenter claudia winkelmann and that strictly come dance Co-host Tess Daly was made an MBE and The Who frontman Sir roger daltrey Received knighthood.
Sir Roger, 81, who launched and conducted the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concerts from 2000 to 2025, was honored for his services to charity and music.
Others honored at Windsor Castle included former Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt and former Commons leader Dame Penny Mordaunt.