The Princess of Wales Honoured by the King

On the 23rd April 2024 His Majesty the King appointed Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales GCVO to be a Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour.

New Year’s Honours 2022

The New Year’s honours list 2022 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

Knight/Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG/LG)

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall GCVO
The Rt Hon. Mr Anthony Blair
The Rt Hon. Baroness Amos CH PC

Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
The Rt Hon. Lord Field of Birkenhead DL
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse

Knights Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB)
Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance
Professor Christopher John MacRae Whitty CB

Knight Bachelor (Sir)

Mr John Boorman CBE
The Rt. Hon. Robert Goodwill MP
Mr Jason Francis Kenny CBE
Mr Ian Livingstone CBE
Professor Jonathan Stafford Nguyen-Van-Tam MBE
Mr William Anthony Bowater Russell
Mr William David Wiggin MP

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG)
Mr Daniel Craig

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Mrs Laura Rebecca Kenny CBE
Ms Joanna Lumley OBE
Mrs Vanessa Redgrave CBE

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Ms Barbara Dana Broccoli OBE
Mr Jody Alan Cundy OBE
Mr Anthony John Horowitz OBE
Mr Martin Steven Lewis OBE
Mr Bernie Taupin

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Ms June Muriel Brown MBE
Mr Thomas Robert Daley
Ms Emma Carol Hayes MBE
Mr Adam George Peaty MBE
Mr William Patrick Roache MBE
Ms Hannah Russell MBE
Ms Kate Elizabeth Sutton (Katie Piper)
Mr Max Antony Whitlock MBE

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Mr Ashley Banjo
Ms Melanie Brown
Ms Kate Garraway
Ms Cherylee Houston
Mr Matthew Lee
Ms Lauren Louise Price
Miss Emma Raducanu
Miss Lauren Steadman

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours they are as follows:

Professor Richard Henderson For services to Electron Microscopy of Biological Molecules
Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa DBE For services to Music

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018

The Queen’s Birthday honours list 2018 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as

Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT)

Sir Ian Wood GBE

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Professor Richard Henderson
Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa DBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)

Mr Kenneth Dalglish MBE
The Hon. Bernard Jenkin MP
Mr Jim Ratcliffe
Mr Mark Rowley QPM
Professor Simon Schama CBE

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Professor Mary Beard OBE
Ms Louise Ellman, MP
The Rt Hon. Eleanor Laing MP
Ms Emma Thompson

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Ms Kate Adie OBE
Mr Bamber Gascoigne
Mr Tom Hardy
Ms Jo Malone MBE
The Hon. Hannah Rothschild

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Jermain Defoe
Mr Monty Don
Mr Anthony Joshua
Ms Keira Knightley
Ms Lizzy Yarnold

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

The Earl of Portland (Timothy Bentinck)
Ms Niomi McLean-Daley (Ms Dynamite)
Miss Stacey Dooley
Mr William Fox-Pitt
Ms Lucy Worsley

Three New Companions of Honour

Three new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

The Rt Hon. Lord Bragg
For services to Broadcasting and the Arts

Lady Antonia Fraser DBE
For services to Literature.

Professor Margaret Olwen Macmillan
For services to Higher Education, History and International Affairs.

Nine New Companions of Honour

Nine new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours they are as follows:

Sir Terence Orby Conran for services to Design

Sir Mark Philip Elder CBE for services to Music

Dame Beryl Elizabeth Grey DBE for services to Dance

Sir James Paul McCartney MBE for services to Music

The Rt Hon. The Baron Stern of Brentford FRS FBA for services to Economics, International Relations and Tackling Climate Change

Ms Joanne Kathleen Rowling OBE for services to Literature and Philanthropy

Dame Vera Stephanie Shirley DBE for services to the IT Industry and Philanthropy

Mrs Delia Ann Smith CBE for services to Cookery

Sir John Edward Sulston FRS for services to Science and Society

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017

The Queen’s Birthday honours list 2017 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Sir Terence Conran
Sir Paul McCartney MBE
Ms JK Rowling OBE
Mrs Delia Smith CBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)

Mr George Benjamin CBE
Mr Billy Connolly CBE
Mr Malcolm Walker CBE

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Ms Sarah Connolly CBE
Ms Olivia de Havilland
Ms Julie Walters CBE
Ms June Whitfield CBE

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Mr Raymond Briggs
Mr Andy McNab DCM MM
Ms June Spencer

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Rory Best
Ms Patricia Hodge
Mrs Gloria Hunniford
Ms Natasha Kaplinsky
Ms Sarah Lancashire
Mrs Judy Murray
Ms Erin O'Connor
Ms Heather Stanning MBE
Mr David Walliams

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Mr John Conteh
Mr Steven Davis
Mr George "Johnny" Johnson DFM
Miss Emeli Sande
Ms Sandie Shaw
Mr Ed Sheeran

Six New Companions of Honour

Six new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CBE for services to Sport.

Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CBE, for services to Drama.

Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie DBE, for services to Music.

Sir Alec John Jeffreys, for services to Medical Research and Society.

The Rt Hon. Baroness Warnock DBE, for services to charity and Children with Special Educational Needs.

The Rt Hon. Baroness Williams of Crosby, for services to political and public life.

Three New Companions of Honour

Three new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours they are as follows:

The Rt Hon. Baroness Amos For services to the United Nations and emergency relief.
The Rt Hon. Lord Smith of Kelvin KT For public service particularly in Scotland.
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn DBE For services to Entertainment and Charity.

New Companion of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Sir Roy Colin Strong a member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) for his service to culture.

New Year’s Honours 2016

The New Year’s honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

CH:
Sir Roy Colin Strong

Knighthood:
Mr Henry Bellingham MP
The Rt Hon. Edward Davey
Mr Martyn Lewis CBE
Mr A.P. McCoy OBE
Mr Jack Petchey CBE
Mr Alan Yarrow

DBE:
Ms Sian Philips OBE
Miss Barbara Winsor MBE
The Rt Hon. Rosalie Winterton MP

CBE:
Ms Jacqueline Gold
Mr Denis Law
Mr Francis Lee
Ms Imela Staunton OBE
Mr John Surtees OBE
Mr Simon Weston OBE

OBE:
Mr Damon Albarn
Mrs Sue Barker MBE
Mr Idris Elba
Mr Chris Froome
Mr James Nesbitt
Mr Ronnie O’ Sullivan

MBE:

Mr Mark Cueto
Mr Carl Frampton
Miss Steph Houghton
Goldie (Mr Clifford Joseph Price)
Miss Fara Williams

Honorary Companion of Honour for Desmond Tutu

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu an Honorary member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) for his service to communities within the UK and for his role in International Peace and Reconciliation.

Today Prince Harry presented Archbishop Tutu with his Insignia in Cape Town, South Africa as part of his current tour of the region.

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours they are as follows:

Sir Neville Marriner CBE For services to Music
The Rt Hon The Baron Woolf PC For services to the public and community relations

Four New Companions of Honour

Four new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

The Rt Hon. The Lord Ashdown of Norton-Sub-Hamdon GCMG KBE for services to Public and Political service

Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury DL for services to Business and the Community of Birmingham.

Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters DBE for services to Sport and to Northern Ireland

The Rt Hon. The Lord Young of Graffham DL for services to the Public

Veteran Conservative MP becomes a Companion of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP a member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) for his service to the Nation.

New Companion of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Dame Margaret Natalie Cross Smith DBE a member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) for her service to Drama.

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2014

The Queen’s Birthday honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as

Dame Maggie Smith- CH
Laura Davies - DBE
Hilary Mantel - DBE
Dawn Primarolo MP - DBE
Zandra Rhodes - DBE
Bill Cash MP - Knighthood
Daniel Day-Lewis - Knighthood
Andras Schiff - Knighthood
Nicholas Soames MP - Knighthood
Charlotte Edwards - CBE
Roy Lancaster - CBE
Lyse Doucet - OBE
Warren Gatland - OBE
Damian Lewis - OBE
John Barrowman - MBE
Nicola Clarke - MBE
Charlotte Evans - MBE
Kelly Gallagher - MBE
Cerys Matthews - MBE
Stephen Sutton - MBE
Lizzy Yarnold - MBE

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE For services to Music

Baroness Onora Sylvia O'Neill of Bengarve CBE FRS FBA For services to Philosophy and Public Policy

New Year’s Honours 2014

The New Year’s honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

OM:

Sir Simon Rattle CBE

CH:

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE

Knighthood:

Antony Gormley OBE

DBE:

Penelope Keith CBE DL
Angela Lansbury

CBE:

Carlos Acosta
Karren Brady
Michael Crawford OBE
Nicholas Parsons OBE

OBE:

Lynda Bellingham
Katherine Jenkins
Sandi Toksvig

MBE:

Ruth Jones
Kevin McCloud
Pete Tong

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and are as follows:

The Rt Hon. Sir Walter Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP for services to Public and Political Service

Sir Nicholas Serota for services to Art