OBE stands for Officer of the British Empire, not Order of the British Empire.
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The honors are: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), knighthood or damehood (KBE and DBE), and Companion of Honour (CH).
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The second highest is a CBE or Commander of the Order of the British Empire followed by an OBE, or Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and then an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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You're going to ask millions of Irish Americans to take up arms and fight alongside the British Empire, especially when the British Empire has just executed IRA rebels?
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She was also made a Dame Commander of the British Empire for her astronomical work, the second highest level recognition of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to Knight Commander.
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Queen Elizabeth II named him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in January 1999, and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in June 2003.
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She's been the figurehead of the British Empire since 1952.
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In 2013, he became a Commander of the British Empire.
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Britain didn't fight World War II — the British Empire did.
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He was named a Commander of the British Empire in 1984.
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It was played a key part in establishing the British Empire.
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Ahmad was accused of being an agent of the British Empire.
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She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2009.
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He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1981.
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PERINO: They used to -- the sun never set on the British empire.
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In 1975, the Queen pronounced him a Commander of the British Empire.
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Caliban's speech to celebrate the British Empire was apparently lost on the
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Those Irish perished at a time when the British Empire was flush.
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The British empire came down more because of money than the military.
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Some pro-Brexit politicians even praised the greatness of the British Empire.
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At that time, most of Johnson's stops lay within the British empire.
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Queen Elizabeth II later named him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1999, and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 2003 for his acting and charity work.
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In case you forgot, the British Empire is also involved in this movie.
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The quadrennial Games feature mainly nations and territories from the former British empire.
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Birmingham and Liverpool were two of the greatest jewels in the British Empire.
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He was even made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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Yeah, the British Empire isn't taught properly in schools...Riz: If at all.
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When the British empire was expanding, a saying went, "trade followed the flag".
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The British Empire delivered its own justice to Singh a lot more quickly.
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HISLOP These were shown in the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924.
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In 1992, the queen gave Ms. Westwood the Order of the British Empire.
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It stands for Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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It stops us from having the necessary national conversation about the British Empire.
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The British Empire and Soviet Union have been consigned to the dustbins of history.
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He's also an MBE [Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire].
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The law, known as Section 377, dates to when the British Empire ruled India.
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He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2016 for his work.
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They see the sun finally setting on the British Empire and applaud its descent.
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The British Empire was Hitler's ideal image of a master race in dominant repose.
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He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011.
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When the British empire was expanding, the saying was that "trade followed the flag".
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Here the armies of France and the British Empire came together – it connected the allies.
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While never part of the British empire, Afghanistan gained complete independence from Britain on Aug.
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Would you have not wanted to invest in the industrial revolution and the British empire?
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A rose-tinted narrative of the British Empire was also peddled to its colonial subjects.
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He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1998 and knighted in 2014.
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All of these people carried British passports because they were members of the British empire.
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Gandhi was loyal to the British Empire and supported Britain in the First World War.
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The beasts illustrated the vast extent of the British Empire, a plus for the patriotic.
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Breathe deeply and feel as if you're in the thick of the Great British Empire.
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In 1999, he was made a Commander of the British Empire and was knighted in 2003.
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Both received MBE awards, making them members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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At the same time, the Boer War meant the British Empire was still active and growing.
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Its biggest, worth 6% of GDP, was in 1881, at the height of the British empire.
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This ancient tradition has survived wars, revolutions and the rise and fall of the British Empire.
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By the 21625s, the sun never set on the British Empire; it stretched across the globe.
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War soon broke out, with the Orange Free State and Transvaal allied against the British empire.
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Lord Kitchener's sixty-fifth birthday was celebrated throughout the British Empire by a rush of recruits.
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It stands for Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, according to Metro.
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The holiday was previously called Dominion Day, for the Dominion of Canada in the British empire.
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Among his many honors, Dr. Hawking was named a commander of the British Empire in 1982.
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He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 21996 and was knighted in 22002.
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The accused was Warren Hastings, governor general of India, the crown jewel of the British Empire.
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Sawhney was offered an OBE, or Order of the British Empire, in 2007 but turned it down.
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It means he's been bumped up from Commander of the British Empire to Knight; a nice thought.
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The Amritsar massacre was probably the most murderous single act in the history of the British Empire.
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It's a legacy of the colonial era, when the British Empire appointed bureaucrats to oversee its affairs.
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" Mr. Johnson recently described Mr. Obama as "part-Kenyan" with an "ancestral dislike of the British Empire.
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"We aren't going to end with a new British empire or a new American empire," he said.
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They fear that the U.S. will go the way of the British Empire in the 20th century.
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A century before its finest hour, the British Empire went through what may have been its darkest.
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In "Victorious Century," David Cannadine surveys the highs and lows of the British Empire in the 227s.
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They both earned the Order of the British Empire, and are entitled to use that, um, title.
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He was also awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen for his tireless work.
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Abolition in most of the British Empire occurred in 1834, following the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act.
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She was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2015 Birthday Honours for her work on gender equality.
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It was far-fetched for 13 scrawny American colonies to succeed against the might of the British Empire.
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It's not the old racism of the British Empire that claims to have biological superiority, it's just fear.
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In 2013 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature.
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Homosexuality has been illegal in Bangladesh since 1861 – a law that was actually inherited from the British Empire.
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The Queen is the sovereign of the Order of the British Empire and Philip is the Grand Master.
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It drips with humour and politics, railing against the British Empire, airport security, Hare Krishnas, and Donald Trump.
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In New York it was August 1, in solidarity with the end of slavery in the British Empire.
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He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1988 and was awarded a knighthood in 1996.
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For his actions, James received a British Empire Medal and the Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea.
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I wanted to make this cake that celebrated the fucked-up nature of the British Empire, the structures.
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If you dissent well enough you can smuggle it into the British Empire Exhibition as the prize exhibit.
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In 2013, she was named to the Order of the British Empire for her services to classical scholarship.
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Churchill attained his goal — albeit Pyrrhic, short-term and, to modern thinking, immoral — to maintain the British Empire.
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In 2016, Rhodes was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to the industry.
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The British empire made a vast fortune by sending opium from its Indian colony to customers throughout Asia.
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He was made a member of the British Empire (MBE) by Prince William in a June 2019 ceremony.
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The guest list is lousy with knights and lesser officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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He believed neither in the civilising mission of the British empire, nor in the myth of the noble savage.
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Each year, Britain relives the decaying glory of its former empire by giving out Orders of the British Empire.
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In the letter, the Beatles Legend outlines his reason for returning his MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal.
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Kelvin was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 for services to the fashion industry.
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After the first world war, tear-gas became a popular "riot-control agent" in America and the British empire.
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The policy helped the Allies win the war, and the United States become the successor to the British Empire.
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Then there's the 1922 Navy League Map of the British Empire, which would have been found in many schoolrooms.
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No revolution, and slavery might have ended, as it did elsewhere in the British Empire, more peacefully and sooner.
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Everywhere else in the former British Empire, English chauvinism led to the death of untold numbers of native people.
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Instead it occupies what used to be part of the British Empire — and its former owners want it back.
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It was useful when politicians were imagining, and telegraphing, the future of the British Empire between the world wars.
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Lyons fulfilled the largest catering contract in history—8m meals served at the British Empire Exposition of 1924-25.
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He received an Order of the British Empire in June for his services to diversity in the fashion industry.
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Lawmakers are urging British Prime Minister Theresa May to strip Weinstein of his Commander of the British Empire title.
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Others opposed certain British attitudes -- such as Franklin Roosevelt's hostility to the British Empire beloved by his friend Winston Churchill.
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In 2004, he was awarded an honorary Order of the British Empire for his contributions to the UK film industry.
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The United States of America fought tooth and nail against the British empire over a tea tax 250 years ago.
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Also on the 2018 New Year roster was actor Hugh Laurie, who was named a Commander of the British Empire.
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Motivated by "the part-Kenyan president's ancestral dislike of the British empire" -- a claim quoted by Boris Johnson, no less.
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This embraces countries around the world that share a common culture because they were once part of the British empire.
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During the 19th century, Bahrain was a protectorate of the British empire and the busiest trading centre in the Gulf.
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Go straight for the drink that kept the British Empire healthy and happy in the tropics: the gin and tonic.
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Is America at risk of abdicating its international leadership role to China, just as the British Empire did in 1945?
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India's exit from the British Empire may offer lessons for the European Union on what to expect next, he said.
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He fought, and lost, title bouts for both the Australian and British Empire belts, before ending up in the States.
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During that war, the British Empire (which by now was diplomatically aligned with France) adopted a broadly pro-Confederate posture.
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Everest, the peak, is named after a bureaucrat of the British Empire, a choice that itself foregrounds man over nature.
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He was also extremely good at writing about the darker side of the British Empire without seeming to do so.
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Her impact on the British fashion industry led to her being awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2012.
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The couple were appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to children and families.
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In 1986, Wade was honored by the queen with the distinction of Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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This year he was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama.
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Much as the British empire eroded publicly with nowhere to hide, the nation's humiliation over Brexit has staggered center stage.
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Despite the prevalence of anti-LGBT laws throughout the former British Empire, there was no blanket decree outlawing homosexual relations.
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The sun set on the British empire long ago; now Brexit and its ensuing political chaos is what defines Britain.
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It took the combined military power of the British Empire, the United States, and the Soviet Union to subdue them.
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British territories are parts of the former British empire that have not chosen independence or have voted to remain British territories.
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As of June this year, actor Emma Thompson can officially call herself Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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In 2003, Prince Charles awarded Mirren with the title of Dame of the British Empire in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
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On Wednesday, WWD reported HRH named Ralph Lauren an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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Here's a uselessly amusing idea to wrap your head around: what if history's largest empire, the British Empire, still existed today?
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" Ed then pointed to his gold tie clip, cast in the shape of a lion: "the symbol for the British Empire.
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She has sat next to Anna Wintour at London Fashion Week and awarded Stella McCartney the Order of the British Empire.
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Garcia was eventually given both the Iron Cross by the Germans and the Most Excellent Order by the British Empire.13.
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After winning independence from the British Empire, the founders turned their attention to other threats that could undermine the young republic.
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He is the author of The Burden of White Supremacy: Containing Asian Migration in the British Empire and the United States.
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She retired as an academic in 1988 and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1990.
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It was originally known as the British Empire Games, hosting various combinations of countries, with Australia and Britain among the mainstays.
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Like few others in history, he harnessed the moral firepower of nonviolent resistance, helping wrest India away from the British Empire.
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As monarch, Queen Elizabeth was drawn to duty — she had a purpose to serve the people then under the British Empire.
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But what if the "China Dream" is to replace us, just as America replaced the British Empire, without firing a shot?
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During that time, he was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the fashion industry.
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Ms. Balshaw, who holds a doctorate in African-American Visual and Literary Culture from the University of Sussex, and was awarded the royal honor the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, CBE (Commander of the British Empire), in 2015, has served as the director of the Whitworth since 2006, and also runs the Manchester City Galleries.
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But the South's political influence within the British Empire would have been vastly smaller than its influence in the early American republic.
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Together, they forged a moral consensus to ban the trans-Atlantic slave trade and then outlaw slavery itself throughout the British Empire.
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It is rewritten as "revolution" when rebels are victorious—but was the American Revolution not a civil war within the British empire?
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But I don't think Frostpunk falls into the trap of being an ode to the British Empire and its exploitative social order.
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He gets his wish, sort of, when he's assigned to explore the Amazon to chart this untamed region for the British Empire.
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" He was named an officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2011 for "services to drama.
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The importance of the Newfoundland fish trade in "laying the foundations of the British empire", Ms Collingham writes, has been "frequently overlooked".
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After World War I, when the British Empire started to crack, some Hindu ideologues saw an opportunity to regain the upper hand.
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She's earned dozens of awards, including the Order of the British Empire, the Queen's honor for contributors to the arts and science.
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The US and UK are close allies today, but 211 years ago, the United States and the British Empire were fierce rivals.
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Mr. Tebbit's intervention was especially fraught because cricket is played almost exclusively by countries that were once part of the British Empire.
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In 1995 he was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his athletic feats.
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"The company quickly moved upmarket, into the aristocracy, and became known as the travel agents to the British Empire," Mr. Brendon said.
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"I just want to be here to observe the changing of the guard and the changing of the British Empire," she said.
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He won gold medals at 880 yards and the mile at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, in 1962.
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There, I met the title character, Harry Paget Flashman, who romps across the British Empire, landing variously in Scotland, India and Afghanistan.
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Just be careful not to confuse #ootd, the hashtag for "outfit of the day," with O.B.E., the Order of the British Empire.
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Yup, the star interviewer of Between Two Ferns and a Dame of the British Empire are also trapped in this car-wreck.
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It is in recognition of those performances that she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1941.
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