King Charles strips 9 people of MBEs and OBEs including Cumbrian man

Paul Allen Rose, founder of Barrow’s Owl Sanctuary, was stripped of his MBE this month alongside eight other people who have been lost their honours for various reasons.

Rose, of Walney, was sentenced in May 2024, after pleading guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and one count of failing to ensure animal welfare, contrary to Section 4 and Section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

He was given a 20-week jail sentence suspended for two years.

A notice published on Thursday, March 5 by The Gazette says Rose had his MBE title stripped due to a criminal conviction.

A number of other individuals have had their honours removed in March 2026 including former rugby captain Stuart Hogg, who was stripped of his MBE after a domestic abuse conviction.

Here is a full list of those who have been stripped of their honours this year:

• Ian Ashbold, received MBE in 2016, stripped due to a Criminal Conviction
• Lloyd Hamilton, received MBE in 2011, stripped due to Criminal conviction
• Angela Middleton, received MBE in 2019, stripped due to bringing the honours system into disrepute.
• Nigel O’Connor, received MBE in 2015, stripped due to professional censure.
• Tony Reilly, received OBE in 2011, stripped due to professional censure.
• Paul Rose, received MBE in 2002, stripped due to Criminal conviction.
• Anant Shah, received OBE in 2020, stripped due to bringing the honours system into disrepute.
• Graham Trewhella, received MBE in 2010, stripped due to criminal conviction.
• Stuart Hogg, received MBE in 2024, stripped due to criminal conviction.