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Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE/DBE; Knight Bachelor [note 3] Companion of the Order of the Bath CB; Companion of the Order of the Star of India [note 1] CSI; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG; Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire [note 1] CIE; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO ...
Honours, decorations and medals are arranged in the "Order of Wear", an official list which describes the order in which they should be worn. [45] Updates to the Order of Wear are published in The London Gazette when necessary. The current Order of Wear was published on 11 January 2019. [46]
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Here is a look at the inner workings of the system.
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 ...
The New Year and birthday honours are awarded by the King following recommendations by the prime minister or senior government ministers. Members of the public can also recommend people for an award.
The other older British awards continued to be worn in the order prescribed by the British Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. [3] [53] [54] Australia was the first Commonwealth realm to create its own VC, on 15 January 1991. Although it is a separate award, its appearance is identical to its British counterpart. [55]
British honours system (45 C, ... United Kingdom honours order of wearing. Orders, decorations, and medals of the Commonwealth realms; D. Delhi Durbar Medal (1903)