The Birthday Honours List 2012 was released on 16 June 2012 in the United Kingdom,[1][2][3] on 11 June 2012 in Australia[4] on 4 June 2012 in New Zealand,[5][6] on 15 June 2012 in Antigua and Barbuda,[7] Barbados,[8] Grenada,[9] Belize,[10] Saint Lucia,[11] Solomon Islands,[12] and The Cook Islands.
[13] The Birthday Honours List was released during the height of the Diamond jubilee celebrations, and was therefore styled The Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours 2012 in New Zealand, while United Kingdom celebrated the jubilee with a separate list later that year.
then division (Military, Civil, Overseas or Police list).
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2012 for Australia were announced on 11 June 2012.
The 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours were published on 4 June 2012 by Department of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet before being published in the New Zealand Gazette.