St. James’s Palace, London S.W.1.

1 October 2026

THE KING has directed that the appointment of Benjamin John KEY to be a Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath, dated 31 December 2020, and to be a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 2015, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Orders.

THE KING has directed that the appointment of Maqsood AHMAD to be an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 12 June 2010, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.

THE KING has directed that the appointment of Ian Robert Burton HUDSON to be an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 28 December 2019, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.

THE KING has directed that the appointment of Nirpal SINGH RIAT to be an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 2010, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.

THE KING has directed that the appointment of Charles Manuel MONTEGRIFFO to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 30 December 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.