The 2024 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2024 were announced on 29 December 2023, on the same day as the 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[1]
The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and arranged by the country whose ministers advised Charles III on the appointments, then by the honour and by the honour's grade (i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander, etc.), and then by divisions (i.e. Civil, Diplomatic, and Military), as appropriate.
The BBC reported that it had already received press releases from some recipients before the honours list was published, contrary to the "longstanding practice of modest secrecy ahead of the announcement, even though award winners will have known for weeks".[2]
- ^ "Supplement 64269". The London Gazette. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Coughlan, Sean (21 December 2023). "'I won!' Honours system loses its sense of modesty". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2023.