Former junior economic affairs minister Frank Heemskerk has refused to accept an honour from the queen, RTL news reported at the weekend.

Ministers are traditionally given a knighthood when they leave, as long as they have been in the job for at least a year.
Labour ministers resigned en masse last month following a dispute with their coalition government partners over continuing the military mission to Afghanistan.
According to the paper, Heemskerk refused the title because doing his job ‘was honour enough’.