Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 2024 King's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the King's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. [1] [2]
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 .
Honours have been awarded with few exceptions on the sovereign's birthday since at least 1860, during the reign of Queen Victoria. There was no Birthday Honours list issued in 1876, which brought "a good deal of disappointment" and even rebuke for the Ministry of Defence.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Provincial honours are listed within the page. The first appointments to the Order of Canada were announced on December 28, 2023. [1] Further appointments were announced on June 27th, 2024. [2] Appointments to the Order of Ontario were announced on January 1, 2024. [3]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
This was the first honours list to include appointments to the renamed King's Service Order (formerly the Queen's Service Order) and award of the associated King's Service Medal (previously the Queen's Service Medal), following the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of Charles III in 2022. [1] The honours were announced on 3 June 2024. [2 ...
There are top honours for English-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie and illustrator Sir Quentin Blake.