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Reforms of the system occur from time to time. In the last century notable changes to the system have included a Royal Commission in 1925 following the scandal in which Prime Minister David Lloyd George was found to be selling honours. The sale of British Honours, including titles, is now prohibited by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours, political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Year Honours and Birthday Honours .
Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem; Member of the Royal Family Order of Charles III [1] Member of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II; Recipient of the Service Medal of the Order of St John [2] (with bar)
Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO; Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE; Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour CH; Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB/DCB; Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India [note 1] KCSI
The 2025 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2025 were announced on 30 December 2024.
The sovereign of the United Kingdom may award a royal family order to female members of the British royal family, as they typically do not wear the commemorative medals that men do. The same practice is in place in the royal families of Norway , Sweden , Denmark , the Netherlands , Thailand , and Tonga .
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours, political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Year Honours and Birthday Honours .
It was founded on the same date as the Order of the British Empire. [1] [2] The order was originally intended to be conferred upon a limited number of persons for whom this special distinction seemed to be the most appropriate form of recognition, constituting an honour dissociated from either the acceptance of title or the classification of ...