UK Honours List - a bit OT

[CameronCat]

Found this article in the UK Telegraph newspaper and thought some of the rabble might enjoy it...a complete (and lengthy) list of HRH's Honours recipients for the new year.

http://tinyurl.com/37xerj9

A few Scots on it, and some interesting professions or services mentioned; kind of amazing what can get you some letters after your name in the UK.

Folk and traditional music fans will be chuffed to see both Dougie McLean and Richard Thompson on this year's list, though.

Anybody here ever made the list? and if so, for what?

One note: you can disregard the "Part 2" link at the very bottom. It's not more list, just some commentary with a little snark.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Anybody here ever made the list? and if so, for what?

Modesty forbids...

[Lallans]

And in my case, honesty forbids....

[Jock Scot]

Bad form to ask Old Boy, bad form.

[Chas]

Found this article in the UK Telegraph newspaper and thought some of the rabble might enjoy it...a complete (and lengthy) list of HRH's Honours recipients for the new year.

Just so we all understand what we are talking about, it is the 'New Year's Honour List for 2011' and Queen Elizabeth II is 'Her Majesty' and not Her Royal Highness'.

Regards

Chas

[Lallans]

Golly, Guys, loosen up!

[CameronCat]

Test post...website's being a little itchy with me today.
More later.

[CameronCat]

Oh, now it works! Tried twice before but didn't go through...

Anyway, no offense intended to our UK members, for whom such recognition is a truly big event.

But do excuse the Yanks' curiosity and ignorance of being given letters after your name by the Queen. Such things are predominantly unknown on this side.

Chas: I apologize for my incorrect usage; please instruct on the differences and correct application of HM and HRH. (I'd always thought them interchangeable.)
Again, write it off to Yank ignorance.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Only the sovereign is currently accorded the style of His/Her Majesty.

Only the children and grandchildren of the sovereign are accorded the style of His/Her Royal Highness.

The spouse of the sovereign (if it is a lady) is styled HM, and is accorded the dignity and style of queen, and retains that title (but not the throne) should her husband pre-decease her. If the spouse of the sovereign is a gentleman (as in the present case) then he is accorded the style of His Royal Highness and accorded the dignity and style of prince. In the United Kingdom the husband of a queen in her own right (for example HM Queen Elizabeth II) is no longer styled as "King Consort", nor is he accorded the style of "His Majesty". Instead he is regarded as a Royal Prince with precedence immediately after the sovereign, but without right to ascend the throne should the sovereign pre-decease him. As with all other royal princes he is accorded the style of HRH.

In addition to being princes and princesses the children of the sovereign are generally given subsidiary titles, as is the prince consort of a regnant queen (hence HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh).

This really can seem far more complicated than it actually is, and the easy thing to remember is that only the sovereign (king or queen) is His/Her Majesty. Everyone else is "merely" His/Her Royal Highness.

[CameronCat]

Wow, but thanks! Seems like your last paragraph tells it best and I shall remember it.

It occurs to me that a number of people probably make a very good living keeping all this sorted and informing outsiders of decorum, style, protocols and forms of address. (Also, probably very common knowledge for every UK school kid.)

As a side note, a friend of mine, now contracted to the royal military as an instructor, encountered at least one, possibly both, of the Princes a year or so ago in the normal course of his duties. If I recall, he/they were referred to as Lieutenant (Leftenant) Wales. Sound right?

Thank you again for the corrected information.