The Queen's Birthday Honours for 2020 are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The honours for New Zealand were announced on 1 June, and for Australia on 8 June.

The Queen's Birthday Honours for the United Kingdom would normally have been announced in June, but were delayed until the Autumn because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The honours list was released on 10 October 2020.

United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.

Order of the Companions of Honour Member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) Sir Paul Brierley Smith – Chairman, Paul Smith Limited. For services to Fashion

Knight Bachelor

Frank Bowling OBE – For services to Art Professor Edward Byrne – Vice-Chancellor and Principal, King's College London. For services to Higher Education Paul Benedict Crossland Carter CBE – Lately Chairman, County Councils Network and lately Leader, Kent County Council. For services to Local Government Professor Charles Richard Arthur Catlow FRS – Foreign Secretary, The Royal Society. For services to Leadership in Science and Research Nicholas Dakin – Lately Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe. For political service Brendan Foster CBE – For services to International and National Sport and Culture in North East England Anthony Christopher Gallagher – For services to Land Development and the Property Business The Rt. Hon. David George Hanson – Lately Member of Parliament for Delyn. For political service Tommy Steele (Thomas Hicks) OBE – For services to Entertainment and charity Professor Stephen Townley Holgate CBE – MRC Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Southampton. For services to Medical Research Professor Nasser David Khalili – Philanthropist. For services to Interfaith Relations and charity Andrew MacKenzie – Chief Executive Officer, BHP Group, Melbourne, Australia. For services to business, science, technology and UK/Australia relations Geoffrey John Mulgan CBE – Chief Executive, NESTA. For services to the Creative Economy Professor Philip Redmond CBE – For services to Broadcasting and Arts in the Regions Donald Runnicles OBE – General Music Director of Deutsche Oper Berlin. For services to music Professor John Roy Sambles FRS – Professor, Department of Physics, University of Exeter. For services to Scientific Research and Outreach David Courtney Suchet CBE – Actor. For services to Drama and charity

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Military Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier,

Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB) Military Admiral Timothy Fraser, Air Chief Marshal Michael Wigston,

Civil Clare Moriarty CB – Lately Permanent Secretary, Department for Exiting the European Union and Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For public service David Robert Sterling – Head, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to Government in Northern Ireland

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Rear Admiral James Norman MacLeod Rear Admiral Michael Keith Utley The Venerable Clinton Matthew Langston Major General Gerald Ian Mitchell Air Vice-Marshal Christina Reid Elliot Air Vice-Marshal Harv Smyth

Civil Samantha Mary Constance Beckett OBE – Director General, EU Exit and Analysis, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. For public service Professor Saverio Peter Borriello – Chief Executive, Veterinary Medicines Directorate. For services to Global Animal Health and Tackling Anti-Microbial Resistance Rowena Collins Rice – Director General, Attorney General's Office. For public service Mike Green – Chief Operating Officer, Department for Education. For services to Education Amy Louise Holmes OBE – Director, EU and International Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For public service Thomas Robert Benedict Hurd OBE – Director General, Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Home Office. For services to National Security Julian Kelly – Lately Director General Nuclear, Ministry of Defence. For public service Sonia Clare Phippard CBE – Lately Director General, Environment Rural and Marine, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For public service Dr David John Snowball – Lately Member, Management Board, Health and Safety Executive. For services to Occupational Health and Safety

Order of St Michael and St George

Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) Sir David Attenborough, – Broadcaster and Natural Historian. For services to television broadcasting and to conservation Sir Tim Barrow, – UK Ambassador to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium. For services to British foreign policy Sir Julian King, – lately European Commissioner for the Security Union, Brussels, Belgium. For services to security in Europe

Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG/DCMG) Sarah MacIntosh CMG – UK Permanent Representative to NATO, Brussels, Belgium. For services to British foreign policy Graham Wrigley – Chair, CDC Group Plc. For services to International Development

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) Paul Chakravati – Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to national security Anna Clunes OBE – Director and Acting Director General, EU Exit, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy Joanna Crellin – HM Trade Commissioner (Latin America & Caribbean) and Consul-General, Sao-Paulo, Brasil. For services to trade and investment Miranda Curtis – lately Chair, CAMFED International and Lead Non-Executive Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to gender equality globally Nigel Dakin – Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy Andrew Gilmour – Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights, United Nations, New York, United States of America. For services to human rights Mark Kent – HM Ambassador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For services to British foreign policy Kara Owen – British High Commissioner, Singapore. For services to British foreign policy Danny Payne – Chief Executive Officer, FCDO Services. For services to the British diplomatic network overseas Mark Robson – Director, English and Examinations, British Council. For services to UK cultural relations Theo Rycroft – Director, EU Exit, Europe Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy Ivan Smyth – Legal Counsellor, UK Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium. For services to British foreign policy Michael Tatham – Deputy Head of Mission, Washington, United States of America. For services to British foreign policy Peter Tibber – lately HM Ambassador, Bogota, Colombia. For services to British foreign policy Emily Walter – Director General, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British foreign policy Dr Glenn Webby – Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to national security

Royal Victorian Order

Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO/DCVO) Vice Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt, Master of the Household Jonathan Roger Weatherby, lately Her Majesty′s Representative at Ascot

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Barbara Helen Kerry Francois, LVO, Director of Reservicing Operations, Master of the Household′s Department, Royal Household Jane Wendy Graham, LVO, Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse Rear Admiral Michael Gregory, OBE, former Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire Peter Thomas Marshall Hill, CB, for services to the Royal Household Carol Elizabeth Margaret Kinghorn, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire Leonora Mary, Countess of Lichfield, LVO, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal Dr. Monica Maitland Main, Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland Araminta Mary Ritchie, LVO, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal Jane Mary Elizabeth Holderness-Roddam, CBE, LVO, Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal Professor Sir David Philip Tweedie, Chairman, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, Royal Household

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Steven Brian Davidson, MVO, Lately Horological Conservator, Royal Collection, Royal Household Dr. Grahame Clive Davies, Deputy Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Stephen John Luke Davies, MVO, Lately Financial Controller, Duchy of Lancaster Ian Michael Grant, MVO, Acting Retail Director and Head of Product Development, Royal Collection, Royal Household Dr. Christopher Ian James Hartley. For services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences Professor Zygmunt Henderson Krukowski, Lately Surgeon to The Queen in Scotland Commander Stephen Patrick Lacey, RN, Lately Director of Operations, Royal Travel, Royal Household Amy Rachel Mayes, Lately Assistant Private Secretary to The Earl and Countess of Wessex Minal Patel, Financial Controller of Operations, Royal Household Heather Lianne Salloum, Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Canada Lieutenant Colonel John Cochrane Stewart, Lately Adjutant, The Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers Lieutenant Colonel Robert Alastair Utten Todd, Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Lee Anthony Baldock, RVM, Chauffeur, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Joseph Bradshaw. For services to the Buckinghamshire Lieutenancy Inspector David Andrew Breen, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection Stephanie Kathleen Carlton, Lately Conservation Survey Manager, Royal Collection, Royal Household Caroline Ann-Marie Clarke. For services to the Norfolk Lieutenancy Ronald James Hayward, RVM, Lately Chauffeur, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Clive Peter Hobbs, RVM, Valet, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall William Glyn Jones, Head Ranger, Balmoral Estate. Catherine Mary Leonard, Data Protection Manager, Royal Household. Stephen Matthew Murray, RVM, Yeoman of the Plate Pantry, Master of the Household's Department, Royal Household. Inspector Ann-Marie Nesling, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty and Specialist Protection Stephen Mark Niedojadlo, RVM, The Duke of Edinburgh's Page. Cameron Duncan Ormiston, Stock Manager, Balmoral Estate Sylvia Battenberg Ormiston, Pony Stud Manager, Balmoral Estate Professor Emeritus Roger James Taylor. For services to the Royal Collection Lucy Elizabeth Thorn, Interim Head of Finance, Household of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Honorary Catharina Maria Coppens, Saddler and Harness Maker, Royal Mews, Royal Household Elena-Corina Motoc. For services to The Prince of Wales in Romania

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) Adrian John Denman, MVO, RVM, Lately Head Gardener, Royal Gardens, Windsor Castle

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Kevin William Haylor, RVM, Lately Tractor and Machinery Operator, Crown Estate, Windsor Michael Alan Edward Robinson, RVM, Lately Purchasing Supervisor, Crown Estate, Windsor Mark Welsford, RVM, Lately Team Supervisor, Parks Department, Crown Estate, Windsor

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) Sarah Louise Bailey, General Catering Assistant, Royal Household Derek Alexander Webster Dewar, Fire and Security Office Team Leader, Palace of Holyroodhouse