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Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title(s), after their country becomes a republic.
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Male members are known as Knights Companion, whilst female members are known as Ladies Companion. The Order can also include supernumerary members (members of the British royal family and foreign monarchs), known as "Royal" and "Stranger" Knights and Ladies (Companion), respectively. The Sovereign alone grants membership to the Order, meaning ...
Robert Mugabe was stripped of his honorary GCB after calls from the Government to the Royal Family due to the crisis in Zimbabwe under his régime, including hyperinflation, and violence in the 2008 presidential elections. Lester Piggott, the high-profile jockey, had his OBE removed after being convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for tax ...
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Honorary Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John; Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Major Sosi'ua Ngalumoetutulu, 4th Kalaniuvalu-Fotofili (Princess Mele Siu'ilikutapu's husband) Honorary Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order [citation needed]
This category lists men and women who have been granted honorary British knighthoods, i.e. it is to list people who are not citizens of Commonwealth Realms who have been made an honorary Knight or Dame in one of the various British orders of chivalry, such as the Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, the Royal Victorian Order, and the Order of the British ...
Anne, Princess Royal has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as a member of the British royal family and the sister of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as ...