BY PAUL BRIDGWATER, 15 JUNE 2013, 07:12 BST

Two times Mercury winner PJ Harvey has been named in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

The 43-year old Dorset born songwriter and performer will receive an MBE for services to music, recognising a 20-year career.

Harvey began performing in her teens as part of Automatic Diamini – her first collaboration with John Parish, who she would work with numerous times over the years including her last record, 2011′s Let England Shake.