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King Charles III confers high honours, knightships to Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace
Britain’s King Charles III on Tuesday unveiled a set of high royal honours, elevating senior British Indian medic Lord Ajay Kumar Kakkar and musician Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber as his new Knight Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Lord Kakkar, 59, has been chosen for one of many nation’s oldest ceremonial orders within the present of the British monarch to honour excellent public service and achievement, made with out prime ministerial recommendation as is the case with different annual royal honours. The 75-year-old monarch, who has in the reduction of on his public-facing duties whereas present process most cancers therapy, has expanded the variety of his royal companions to 21 – out of a most of 24 – with the newest set of additives.
Who’s Lord Kakkar?
“Ajay Kumar Kakkar, Baron Kakkar of Loxbeare, studied medication at King’s Faculty London earlier than receiving his PhD from Imperial Faculty London, and has targeted his medical profession on the prevention and therapy of venous and arterial thromboembolic illness, and most cancers related thrombosis,” reads a quotation issued with the announcement by Buckingham Palace.
“Lord Kakkar is President of the Thrombosis Analysis Institute, Chairman of King’s Well being Companions and Chairman of The King’s Fund, a charitable healthcare organisation of which His Majesty [King Charles], when Prince of Wales, served as President. He’s additionally Chairman of the Royal Fee for the 1851 Nice Exhibition and of UK Biobank,” it notes. Within the 2022 New Yr Honours conferred by Charles’ mom – the late Queen Elizabeth II, Kakkar was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for providers to healthcare and public service.
Highlights of his profession
Amongst different highlights of his distinguished profession embrace being elected Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Surgeons of England in 1992, serving as Chair of the Home of Lords Appointments Fee (2013-2018) and the Judicial Appointments Fee (2016-2022). Since final yr, Kakkar has been Chancellor of the College of Lincoln and can be an Emeritus Professor of Surgical procedure at College Faculty London. Annually, the monarch’s Order of the Garter is well known with a procession and repair within the grounds of Windsor Citadel and the palace mentioned that this yr’s Garter Service will happen at St. George’s Chapel within the coming months.
“Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lord-Webber of Sydmonton, is the UK’s most profitable dwelling composer, having written the scores of among the world’s most well-known musicals – together with ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Jesus Christ Famous person’, ‘Cats’, ‘Evita’ and ‘Sundown Boulevard’. He is without doubt one of the choose group of globally-renowned artists who has gained an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony award,” reads the quotation of Lord Webber, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992.
Air Chief Marshal the Lord (Stuart William) Peach has additionally been appointed to the Garter, with Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, named Royal Woman Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Whereas Lord Peach carried the Sword of Mercy on the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla in Could final yr, the Duchess has been recognised as a full-time working member of the royal household.
There are additionally numerous household honours conferred by King Charles, who makes his son and inheritor, Prince William, the Nice Grasp of the Most Honourable Order of the Tub. In keeping with the palace, this order was established by King George I in 1725, though it’s believed to initially date again so far as the eighth century.
“It’s awarded to members of the army or civil service for exemplary service,” it notes. William’s spouse Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, has been made a Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour – based by King George V in 1917 to recognise excellent achievements within the Arts, Sciences, Medication and Public Service. In the meantime, the King’s spouse, Queen Camilla, turns into Grand Grasp and First or Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Most Glorious Order of the British Empire – established by King George V in 1917 to honour a broader cross part of society, each army and civilian.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
