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.

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.

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.

Renowned author JK Rowling has revealed she turned down several offers to join the British House of Lords (the second chamber of the UK Parliament), saying she has no interest in accepting a peerage.

I’ve already turned down a peerage twice, once under Labour and once under the Tories’J.K. Rowling has revealed she

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

The Tory leadership frontrunner said she ‘managed to get’ a peerage for Hilary Cass after her controversial review of NHS gender identity services.

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,