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An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm. He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm ...
This is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire.
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 ...
Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer any change to citizenship or nationality.
11 May 2005 – : Honorary Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit [11] The Duchess of Edinburgh: 2016: Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration; The Princess Royal: 1982: Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration with two clasps; 20 May 2023 – : Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit; The Duke of Kent:
(An example of the latter is Irish broadcaster Terry Wogan, who was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the Order in 2005, and on successful application for British citizenship, held alongside his Irish citizenship, was made a substantive member and subsequently styled as Sir Terry Wogan). [24] [25]
British honours system (45 C, 107 P) B. ... Pages in category "Honorary titles of the United Kingdom" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
As the head of state, the Sovereign is the fount of honour, [1] but the system for identifying and recognising candidates to honour has changed considerably over time. . Various orders of knighthood have been created (see below) as well as awards for military service, bravery, merit, and achievement which take the form of decorations or