JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two offers of a peerage in the House of Lords and would turn down a third. The author's remarks came after Conservative Party leader hopeful Kemi Badenoch said she would give Rowling a peerage for her stance on gender - a position critics have described as being transphobic.

The Harry Potter author, who was responding to comments by Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch, says Labour and Conservative governments have offered her a peerage.

Rowling is not the only British writer to have turned down an honour. JB Priestley refused a peerage, and Rudyard Kipling twice turned down a knighthood. CS Lewis, Roald Dahl and Aldous Huxley also refused a KBE.

Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has called for Harry Potter author JK Rowling to be given a seat in the House of Lords. The shadow communities secretary praised Rowling’s stance on sex-based rights,

JK Rowling has revealed that she turned down two offers of a peerage following Kemi Badenoch publicly saying she would appoint the author to the House of Lords.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed she has turned down two peerage offers in an admission on social media. The 59-year-old writer was previously praised by Conservative politician Kemi Badenoch,