The Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Order of St John.
† indicates an award given posthumously.
Knight / Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea
Knight / Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
Cécile La Grenade OBE, Governor-General of Grenada – 14 May 2013
Edmund Lawrence OBE, Governor-General of Saint Christopher and Nevis – 7 June 2013
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG / DCMG)
Count Jacques Rogge, For services to the London 2012 Olympic Games and British and international sport
His Highness Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yun Byung-se, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Rowan Lord Williams of Oystermouth PC FBA FRSL FLSW, retired Archbishop of Canterbury – 15 January 2013
Knight / Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO / DCVO)
Nigel McCulloch, on retirement as Lord High Almoner – 8 March 2013
Major General George Norton CBE, on relinquishing the appointment of Major General Commanding the Household Division – 12 July 2013
John Cairns, on retirement as Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland – 12 July 2013
Jane, Lady Roberts CVO, on retirement as Librarian and Curator of the Print Room, Windsor Castle – 30 July 2013
Paul Robert Virgo Clarke CVO, on retirement as Clerk of the Council, Duchy of Lancaster – 30 July 2013
Amb Lim Sung-nam, Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Abdul Rahman Ghanem Al Mutaiwee, UAE Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Amb Ju Chul-ki, Senior Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and National Security
Cho Won-dong, Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs
Lee Jung-hyun, Senior Secretary to the President for Public Relations
Richard Frederick Griffin MVO, For services to Royalty Protection – 5 April 2013
Robert Andrew Ball MVO, on retirement as Senior Horological Conservator, Royal Household – 9 April 2013
Alan Peter Ryan MVO, on retirement as Assistant Property Manager, Buckingham Palace – 30 July 2013
John Charles Rodger Gray CMG, On the relinquishment of his appointment as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps – 17 December 2013
Kim Hyoung-zhin, Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs (honorary)
Amb Choe Jong-hyun, Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs (Chief of Protocol) (honorary)
Ha Tae-Youk, Director-General for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (honorary)
Seokhee Kang, Counsellor, South Korean Embassy, London (honorary)
Joseph Geoffrey Last RVM BEM, on retirement as Head Chauffeur, Royal Household – 22 February 2013
Captain Devendra Ale, The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment – 26 July 2013
Captain Trilochan Hurung, The Royal Gurkha Rifles – 26 July 2013
Daniel Martell RVM BEM, on retirement as Deputy Head Chauffeur, Royal Household – 30 July 2013
Squadron Leader Dale Alexander White, On relinquishment of his appointment as Equerry to The Duke of Edinburgh – 18 October 2013
Michael Robert Sykes RVM, On retirement as Chief Carpet Planner, Royal Household – 15 November 2013
Hyon Du Kim, First Secretary, South Korean Embassy, London
Elizabeth Maud Wilkinson RVM, on retirement as Groom, the Royal Studs, Hampton Court – 12 March 2013
Janet Margaret Doel RVM, on retirement as The Queen’s Housemaid, Windsor Castle – 12 March 2013
Keith Andrew Rembridge RVM, On retirement as Telegraph Clerk, Court Post Office, Buckingham Palace – 30 July 2013
Patrick Joseph Carroll RVM, For services as a State Porter, Royal Household – 31 May 2013
John Trodden Kerr RVM, On retirement as Leading Palace Attendant, Windsor Castle – 30 July 2013
Keith Howard GRIFFITHS RVM, On retirement as Courier, Royal Household – 17 December 2013
Warrant Officer Class 1 Derek William James Potter, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, on relinquishment of his appointment as The Queen’s Piper – 11 January 2013
Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE / DBE)
The Honourable Mrs. Justice Sarah Jane Asplin – 5 March 2013
The Honourable Mrs. Justice Janice Mesadis Pereira, Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court – 7 May 2013
The Honourable Mrs. Justice Vivien Judith Rose – 22 October 2013
Angela Ahrendts, For services to business
Melinda Gates, For services to philanthropy and international development
Hisashi Hieda, For services to UK/Japan cultural and media relations
Richard Lugar, For services to UK-US defence relations and international security
Minoru Makihara, For services to UK/Japan business and trade relations
His Highness Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs
His Highness Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court
His Highness Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation
Her Excellency Lubna bint Khaled Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development
Choi Mun-kee, Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Yoon Sang-jick, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Camila Batmanghelidjh, For services to children and young people
His Grace Josselin, 14th Duke of Rohan, For services to UK/French relations
Jacques Gounon, For services to UK transport
Duncan L. Niederauer, For services to the Northern Ireland economy
Jin Park, For services to strengthening UK/Republic of Korea bilateral relations
Adam Simon Posen, For services to the economy
Antoine Jan Macgiel Valk, For services to British public transport and strengthening the Anglo-Dutch Commercial relationship
Hans Wijers, For services to British industry
Ahmed Juma Al Zaabi, Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority
Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Adviser, Ministry of Presidential Affairs
Doctor Sultan Ahmed Sultan al Jaber, Minister of State and member of the Cabinet
Major General Essa Saif Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Deputy Chief of Staff, UAE Armed Forces
Commander Nicholas Geoffrey Dunn, RN – 8 January 2013
General Luis Alejandre Sintes, For services to British/Spanish relations and cultural ties
Hoda Ibrahim Alkhamis-Kanoo, For services to arts and cultural exchange between the UK and UAE
Khalid Rashid Shaikh Abdulrahman Al Zayani, For services to UK business overseas and UK/Bahraini relations
Douglas Burns Arnot, For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Michel Claude Joseph Dubarry, For services to the promotion of Roll Royce and wider UK interests in France
Professor David Frank Ford, For services to theological scholarship and inter-faith relations
Ehab Abdalla Attia Gaddis, For services to the British community and British Embassy in Egypt
Professor Eileen Harkin-Jones, For services to higher education in Northern Ireland
Doctor Eva Henriëtte Reina Renée Lloyd-Reichling, For services to education
Malachy Stephen McAleer, For services to education and young people in Northern Ireland
Professor Andrea Mary Nolan, For services to veterinary science and higher education
Judith L O’Rourke, For services to the communities of Syracuse and Lockerbie following the attack on Pan Am 103 in 1988
Shunichi Sugioka, For services to UK relations in the fields of commerce and cultural exchange
Mario Eduardo Testino, For services to photography and charity
Jean-Paul Pierre Villain, For services to British education and inward investment to the UK
Susan Janet Wade, For services to criminal justice reform and to the community in Winchester, Hampshire
Walid Mohmed Al Fagih, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
Farouk Al Najah, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
Shaker Mohamed Ben Milad, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
Stéphane Bern, For services to UK/French cultural relations
Maria Magdalena Cremaschi, For services to the arts and UK/Spain cultural relations
Professor Keith Scott Delaplane, For services to beekeeping
Mary Teresa Doherty, For services to the Labour Party and to the community in Dulwich, London Borough of Southwark
Desiree Allison Downes, For services to legislative drafting in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Natalie Du Toit, For services to Paralympic sport
Michel Euxibie, For services to UK/France relations and British veterans
Doctor Anna Gedeon, For services to the British Embassy in Hungary
Sandra Joan Hamilton, For services to cancer sufferers
Tuan Jainudeen Ishak Ismail, For services to protecting British interests in Sri Lanka
Gareth Paul Mc Callion, For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Shari Lynn McGraw, For services to British interests in the USA
Antonio Millozzi, For services to charity
Clarence Hendry October, For services to the community of Tristan de Cunha
June Antoinette O’Sullivan, For services to young people in London
Bernadette Edel Porter. For services to nursing
Pedro Antonio Serra Bauza, For services to the local British resident community in Mallorca, Spain
Hassen Amer Shebani, For services to the British Embassy, Tripoli
Eileen Mary Strevens, For services to the rights of disabled children and children with special educational needs
Brian Neville Tarpey, For services to British war graves in Malta
Dijana Zrilic, For services to UK/Croatia defence relations
Jamal Ahmed Al Muhairi, Presidential Protocol
Senor Jacques Jean Pierre Coudry, For services to the British interests in Brazil
Jawaahir Daahir, For services to the Somali community in Leicester
Titus Anno Sjoerd Vogt, For services to the community in Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Bailiff / Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St John
Professor Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith
Judith Ann Hoban
Stuart James Shilson LVO
Alderman Michael Roger Gifford
Lawson Rennie
Ian William John Wallace
Willem van der Westhuizen Louw
Tessa Elnora, Mrs van Antwerpen
Professor Beverley Joy Wilson
Elliott Belgrave KCMG , Governor-General of Barbados
Chen Sze Hua
Lim Chye Huat
Brigadier-General Epeli Nailatikau CF LVO OBE CSM MSD, President of Fiji
Royston Clive Rooke
Mark Sean Sisk
Patricia Staples Horne Dresser
Victoria Mary Sheffield
Richard Denis Blundell
Paul Ndiritu Ndungu
Ian John Rae
Andries William de Villiers
Rex Bertie Wheeler
Colonel Kevin Thomas WILLIAMS, SD SM MMM
Peter Damian Wood
Shirley Marion Hennessy
Jillian, Mrs Mludek
Rear Admiral Frederick Brian Goodson CB OBE
Peter John Field
William Arthur Spence
Susan Elizabeth Pyper
Alderman Mrs Fiona Catherine Woolfe CBE
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