After 100 years, is it time to remove 'empire' from UK honours system?

Centenary has sparked calls not only for the word ‘empire’ to be consigned to history but for a rethink of the whole honours systemFor many it is the ultimate honour; for others it is an anachronistic relic tainted by colonialism and slavery.As members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire celebrate its centenary with a service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, there are calls to consign to history an order of chivalry whose insignia still bears the wording: &ldq