2012 Diamond Jubilee Honours

British government recognitions

The list of Diamond Jubilee Honours 2012 was released on 13 September 2012 and made appointments and promotions within the Royal Victorian Order (and awards of the Royal Victorian Medal) to recognise contributions to the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012. The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood recognising distinguished personal service to the Sovereign, and remains in the personal gift of the monarch.

Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Sir Philip Alan Reid KCVO, Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen

Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Michael Vernon Lockett CVO, Chief Executive of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, PC DL, Chairman of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation
John Damian Spurling OBE, for services to charity

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Frances Ann MacLeod, Head of the Diamond Jubilee Unit in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Charles Richards LVO, Deputy Master of the Royal Household and Equerry to the Queen
Simon Howe Brooks-Ward LVO OBE TD, Chief Executive of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant and Producer of the Royal Windsor Horse Show
Robert Gerrard Williams LVO, Producer of the Diamond Jubilee Concert

Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Paul Robert Edgar Double, Remembrancer in the City of London
Adrian Anthony Joseph Evans, Pageant Master of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Mary Angela Kelly MVO, Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to the Queen
Douglas Robert King, Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen
Dr Jill Nicola Nicholls, Chairman of the Trustees of the Woodland Trust, for Jubilee Woods
Timothy Miles Owen MVO, Chairman of the Licensing, Operating, Safety and Planning Group at Westminster City Council
Bruno Mark Peek OBE MVO, Pageant Master of the Diamond Jubilee Beacons
Terence Alan Pendry MVO BEM, Stud Groom and Manager of the Royal Mews at Windsor Castle
Colette Benedicta Geraldine Saunders, Assistant Press Secretary to the Queen
Philip Benedict Weston, BBC Executive Director of the Diamond Jubilee Weekend
Paul Kevin Whybrew MVO RVM, the Queen's Page

Members of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Sonia Bonici, Senior Correspondence Officer in the Royal Household's Private Secretary's Office
John Creighton Bridcut, maker of the film A Jubilee Tribute to the Queen by the Prince of Wales
David Phillimore Clifford, Company Secretary and Treasurer of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation
Captain Jules Cope, Captain of the Motor Yacht Leander
Captain Ross Geoffrey Ferris OBE, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Master of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Rosalie
Alexander Garty, Transport Manager in the Royal Mews
Warrant Officer Class 1 William Daran Gillduff Mott OBE, Garrison Sergeant Major for the London District
Chief Superintendent Julia Pendry, Metropolitan Police
Commander David George Phillips, Royal Navy, Chief Harbour Master at the Port of London Authority
Sergeant Jonathan Lee Reeves, Metropolitan Police
Alexander John Scully, State Invitations Secretary at the Lord Chamberlain's Office
Peter John Stewart, Big Jubilee Lunch (Campaigns Director at the Eden Project)
Mark Walenty Wasilewski, Park Manager at the Royal Parks of St James's Park and Green Park
Rita Carnelia Frances Broe, Big Jubilee Lunch
Francis Damian Byrne, Project Manager of the Royal Row Barge Gloriana

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM) (Silver)

Annie Meldrum, for personal services
Brian Todhunter, restoration of Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia's Royal Barge and Escort Boats

References

The 2012 Diamond Jubilee Honours List, royal.gov.uk, 13 September 2012
Queen honours 'Big Paul' in Diamond Jubilee honours list, London Evening Standard, September 2012

Jubilees of British monarchs

George III

Golden Jubilee (1809)	King's Statue Jubilee Rock Jubilee Tower (Moel Famau)

Victoria

Golden Jubilee (1887)	Honours Medal Police Medal Clock Tower, Weymouth Clock Tower, Brighton Jubilee Memorial, Harrogate Bust Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition Jubilee Issue
Diamond Jubilee (1897)	Honours Medal Jubilee Diamond Cherries jubilee "Recessional" Devonshire House Ball Victoria and Merrie England

George V

Silver Jubilee (1935)	Honours Medal Silver Jubilee (train) Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch The King's Stamp Canadian silver dollar Jubilee (musical) Jubilee chicken

Elizabeth II

Silver Jubilee (1977)	Events Medal Honours Jubilee Gardens Jubilee line Jubilee Walkway "God Save the Queen" (Sex Pistols song)
Ruby Jubilee (1992)	Annus horribilis Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen Queen's Anniversary Prize
Golden Jubilee (2002)	Prom at the Palace Party at the Palace Medal Honours Jubilee Odyssey Great British Trees Golden Jubilee chicken
Diamond Jubilee (2012)	Pageant Armed Forces Parade and Muster Thames Pageant Gloriana Spirit of Chartwell Concert Gibraltar Flotilla Medal Honours The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee chicken
Sapphire Jubilee (2017)	Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch
Platinum Jubilee (2022)	Medal Beacons Platinum Party at the Palace Pageant Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History 2022 Trooping the Colour National Service of Thanksgiving Act of Loyalty Parade Platinum Pudding The Queen's Green Canopy Civic Honours Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen Statue of Elizabeth II, York Minster The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert Big Jubilee Read Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens Algorithm Queen "Queenhood"

v t e British honours lists
New Year Honours	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 † Not issued because of Birthday Honours of the new monarch (1902) and World War II (1940)
Birthday Honours	1860 1861 1862 1863§ 1864§ 1865§ 1866 1867 1868§ 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876§ 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953† 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 § Not issued † Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937, 1953)
Coronation Honours	1821 1831 1838 1902 1911 1937 1953 2023† † Not issued
Jubilee Honours	1887 (Golden) 1897 (Diamond) 1935 (Silver) 1977 (Silver) 2002 (Golden) 2012 (Diamond) 2022 (Platinum)† † Not issued
Demise Honours	2002 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2021 (The Duke of Edinburgh) 2023 (Queen Elizabeth II)
Dissolution Honours	1874 1885 1892 1895 1900† 1906† 1910† 1918† 1922 1923† 1924 1929 1931 1935† 1945 1950 1951† 1955† 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017† 2019 2024 † Not issued
Prime Minister's Resignation Honours	1895 1905 1916 1923 1924 1945 1951 1955† 1957† 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979† 1990 1997 2007† 2010† 2016 2019 2022 (Johnson) 2022 (Truss) 2024† † Not issued
Special Honours	1923 1952 1972 1973 1974 1981 1982 1983 1985 1987 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1999 2001 2004 2006 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Additional Honours	1911 (Delhi Durbar) 1953 (Korea) 1969 (Investiture of The Prince of Wales) 1990 (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 90th Birthday)
Honours by nation	Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (1952–2022)

Realms

Titles and
honours

Family

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband)
Charles III (son)
Anne, Princess Royal (daughter)
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son)
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (son)
George VI (father)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (mother)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (sister)
Mountbatten-Windsor family

Early life

Accession and
coronation

Reign

Jubilees

Silver Jubilee	Events Medal Honours Jubilee Gardens Jubilee line Jubilee Walkway
Ruby Jubilee	Queen's Anniversary Prizes
Golden Jubilee	Prom at the Palace Party at the Palace Medal Honours The Odyssey 2002 royal tour of Canada
Diamond Jubilee	Pageant Armed Forces Parade and Muster Thames Pageant Gloriana Spirit of Chartwell Concert Gibraltar Flotilla Medal Honours
Sapphire Jubilee	Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch
Platinum Jubilee	Medal Beacons Elizabeth line Platinum Party at the Palace Pageant Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History Trooping the Colour National Service of Thanksgiving Platinum Pudding The Queen's Green Canopy Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert Big Jubilee Read "Queenhood" Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens

Commonwealth
tours

Ships used	HMS Vanguard (23) SS Gothic (1947) HMY Britannia

State visits

Outgoing	State visit to Spain State visit to Russia State visit to Ireland
Incoming	Pope Benedict XVI President Michael D. Higgins President Xi Jinping

Broadcasts

Depictions

Books	The Little Princesses (1950) The BFG (1982) The Queen and I (1992) Queen Camilla (2006) The Uncommon Reader (2007) Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the Queen (2016)
Documentaries	Royal Journey (1951) A Queen Is Crowned (1953) Royal New Zealand Journey (1954) The Queen in Australia (1954) The Royal Tour of the Caribbean (1966) Royal Family (1969) Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen (1992) Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (2007) The Diamond Queen (2012) Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (2016) The Coronation (2018) Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts (2022) Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen (2022)
Fictionalised film and television depictions	Spitting Image (1984–96); (2020–21) The BFG (1989) A Question of Attribution (1992) Willi und die Windzors (1996) Her Majesty (2001) The Queen (2006) South Park: The Snuke (2007) The Queen (2009 TV serial) Happy and Glorious (2012) A Royal Night Out (2015) Minions (2015) The BFG (2016) The Crown (2016–23) The Queen's Corgi (2019) 2020 alternative Christmas message The Prince (2021)
Plays	A Question of Attribution (1988) The Audience (2013) Handbagged (2013)
Portraits	Herbert James Gunn (1950) William Dargie (1954) Pietro Annigoni (1955, 1969 and 1972) Andy Warhol (1985) Richard Stone (1992) Justin Mortimer (1997) Rolf Harris (2005) Ralph Heimans (2012) Damien Hirst (2014) Henry Ward (2016) Ai-Da (2022)
Stamps	Wilding series Canadian domestic rate stamp Castle series Country definitives Machin series (list)
Statues	Windsor Winnipeg Lagos Toronto York Minster Oakham Antrim Newcastle-under-Lyme Andover London (planned)
Songs	"God Save the Queen" (Sex Pistols song) "Her Majesty"

Animals

Corgis	Dookie Susan
Horses	Aureole Burmese Carrozza Dunfermline Estimate Height of Fashion Highclere Pall Mall Winston

Death

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