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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Not sure the real answer, but I think lists are announced twice a year (New Year's Honours and Birthday Honours (the monarch's birthday)). I think they are conferred (i.e. an 80+ year old woman of German extraction waves a sword around your head) in small batches throughout the year (perhaps every month?).
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That's right, but that's just the "ceremonial bit" - you
become a knight (or whatever the award is) as soon as it's actually announced.