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The Chapel of the Order of the British Empire is in St Paul's Cathedral. It occupies the far eastern end of the cathedral crypt and was dedicated in 1960. The only heraldic banners normally on display in the chapel are those of the Sovereign of the Order of the British Empire and of the Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire. Rather ...
The sale of British Honours, including titles, is now prohibited by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. A significant set of reforms were enacted in 1993 under the Conservative Prime Minister John Major , with the intention of providing a more merits-based system for honouring service and achievement. [ 48 ]
Post-nominal letters are used in the United Kingdom after a person's name in order to indicate their positions, qualifications, memberships, or other status. There are various established orders for giving these, e.g. from the Ministry of Justice, Debrett's, and A & C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, which are generally in close agreement.
This is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire. Grand Cross Star of the Order of the British Empire. Honorary knights and dames
Below is a list of dames commander of the Order of the British Empire from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day. Honorary dames commander of the Order of the British Empire can be found at Category:Honorary Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Below is a list of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire from the Order's creation in 1917 to the present day. The names and titles of recipients are given as at the time of their appointment or promotion to Knight Grand Cross.
In 2003, he received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire title (OBE) from the late Queen Elizabeth II and met her several more times, including at the Young Leaders awards ceremony in ...
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of the British Empire.