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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.
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.
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 ...
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
This is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire.
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.
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:
All citizens of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth nations can be nominated. Non-citizens are eligible for honorary awards. [6] Following his retirement as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office, Sir Hayden Phillips prepared a report in July 2004 to the Cabinet Secretary suggesting a reform of the current honours nomination system ...