lately Minister, British High Commission, New Delhi. Royal Victorian Order Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) Captain Sir Alastair Sturgis Aird, , Private Secretary and Comptroller to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. General Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick, , Gold Stick. Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) John Luke Lowther, , Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) The Lady Elizabeth Georgina Alice Cavendish, , Extra Lady in Waiting to The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Richard Byron Caws, , lately Crown Estate Commissioner. Philip Stephen Gilbert, , Broadcaster. Sir George Trevor Holdsworth, Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Hamish Blair, Senior Executive Officer, Scottish Office. Captain Robert Neil Blair, Royal Navy, Private Secretary to The Duke of York and to Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy. Laurence Albert Brown. For services to the Royal Collection. Donald Reeve Buttress, Surveyor of the Fabric, Westminster Abbey. Bernard Joseph Frahm, . For services to the Crown on Royal Visits to New Zealand. Commander Thomas Dixon Laidlaw, , Metropolitan Police. Leonora Mary, The Countess of Lichfield, Extra Lady in Waiting to The Princess Royal. Allan Arthur Percival, lately Press Secretary to The Prince of Wales. Alexander Hay Sutherland, Chief Publicity Officer, Scottish Office. Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Christian Mary Bailey, Curator to The Prince of Wales. Frederick Booth, Chief Heraldic Painter, College of Arms. Ann Teresa Brown, , lately British Overseas Trade Board. Matthew Nicholas Butler, lately Assistant Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales Pamela Margaret Clark, Deputy Registrar, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle. Claire Elizabeth Hunter-Craig, Secretary, Household of The Duke of Edinburgh. Reginald Elliott, Higher Executive Officer, Crown Estate, Windsor. Valerie Winifred Hampton, Personal Secretary to Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy. Chief Yeoman Warder Norman William Jackson, HM Tower of London. Alexander Masson, Head Gamekeeper, Balmoral Estate. John Ronald Pepper, lately of Collingwood & Company Limited. Inspector Stephen Lionel Robinson, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. Eileen Margaret Sly, lately the Westminster Abbey Trust. William Albert Stewart, Head Warden, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Prudence Sarah Sutcliffe, Assistant Curator of the Print Room, Windsor Castle. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick John Tabor, lately Equerry to The Prince of Wales. Medal of the Royal Victorian Order (RVM) In Silver John Nelson Hart, Gamekeeper, Sandringham Estate. Keith Hodson, Stud Hand, Royal Studs. Constable Anthony Claud James,