Queen's Birthday Honours 2018

[subcontrabass]

List includes:

Kiri Te Kanawa - Companion of Honour

Simon Keenlyside - Knight Bachelor

Thomas Ades - CBE

Gillian Moore - CBE

Alice Coote - OBE

Debbie Wiseman - OBE

Rosemary Johnson - MBE

[teamsaint]

Looks like a relegation for King Kenny......

[johncorrigan]

Looks like a relegation for King Kenny......

[LMcD]

Looks like a relegation for King Kenny......

It's about time he Kopped for an award (unlike the head of Network Rail....)

[MrGongGong]

Susanna EASTBURN CBE

Orphy ROBINSON CBE

and one for Julian Joseph

[BBMmk2]

And me too, happy birthday to me!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And me too, happy birthday to me!

Just out of interest, to whom would you award an OBbmE on this auspicious day?

[MrGongGong]

I'm assuming Trevor Wishart turned down the knighthood again

[BBMmk2]

Just out of interest, to whom would you award an OBbmE on this auspicious day?

Of course Ferney. I’ll be having to resurrect y grandfather ‘s title x 14.

[Richard Barrett]

Orphy ROBINSON CBE

It was an MBE they gave Orphy.

(Not sure of the difference though)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It was an MBE they gave Orphy.
(Not sure of the difference though)

I think the MBE is the "Bronze Medal" - Gold = CBE, Silver = OBE.

[Richard Tarleton]

(Not sure of the difference though)

MBE stands for My Bloody Effort, whereas OBE stands for Other Buggers' Effort

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

MBE stands for My Bloody Effort, whereas OBE stands for Other Buggers' Effort

[ahinton]

On a slightly different but arguably related topic, didn't the Queen's award for music this year go to Thea Musgrave?

[MrGongGong]

It was an MBE they gave Orphy.

(Not sure of the difference though)

Nor me?
(thanks for the correction)

What's wrong with having Lord Wishart of Heslington ?