AIBU to think the honours system is a joke?

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I don't want to direct this thread at one person (just use as an example)

Kate Middleton's stylist was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order. Is anyone else sick of the Royals handing out these awards to each other and their friends?

AIBU?

They have always been for royalty and government to hand out to their friends. They introduced ones for ordinary people who have done amazing things, to deflect criticism of the system.
So you can get an honour if you have worked tirelessly in charities for 40 years, or be a friend of the royals or government.

I think it depends who gets them, if it's just a celebrity who gets them for no other reason than just being a celebrity then yes it's a pisstake, my mums step brother got one though for charity work so at least that's recognised .

That's an award given to servants of the Royal family. So yes, it will only be er, Royal family servants who get those awards. 😂 This lady is a servant, an employee. Not a friend.

I disagree with the whole concept of honours.

I don't understand why sportsmen/women, musician, actors, even the military receive honours. All they have ever done is had a career in a field they love and enjoy. Other people don't get honoured for just doing that.

Certainly civil servants and politicians' lackeys, a royal housemaid, stylist or whatever shouldn't be honoured. Again, they're just doing a job they chose to do.

As for services to charities, I think that services or money donated should be made without thought to receiving Public acknowledgement for doing so. To accept an honour for it is all about that person's ego.

There's a case for saying people with little money or who help out by volunteering at their local charity shop give far more of themselves than celebrities and the like who have far more money (and who may do things in order to gain accolades).

If you give of yourself in any way that benefits society, then the pleasure of it benefiting society should be the only reward needed.

Also those in charities who get them tend to be those who hobnob with the local great and good. It is rarely Mavis who has been volunteering 3 days a week for the last 60 years.

I think the only ones worth anything are the honours given to people for voluntary work e.g. 40 years unpaid fundraising or similar. It doesn't mean everyone who gives a junk of their life to voluntary work will get an award but it's great publicity for their charity and volunteering.

It all harks back to the Royal court so staff/servants always got some title so they could get higher up in court the Duchesses dresser is basically her serf the who system is ridiculous

Royalty is an expensive joke
Honours system is an expensive and highly corrupted joke

The Royal Victorian Order are honours chosen and distributed by the Queen as she sees fit. They are her personal orders, with nothing to do with the government, given to members of the Royal family and their staff

Yes it is like a seal of approval but HP sauce also has a by Royal appointment so tbh it doesn't mean much to the masses royals being elitist isn't a surprise