Queen's Birthday Honours

Queen's Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours (or King's Birthday Honours when the monarch is male) is a civic occasion on the celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named. The awards are presented by the reigning monarch or head of state, currently Queen Elizabeth II

ee also

*Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia
*Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand
*Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom


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