Old Duffer I've read up as much as I can on this subject, including the original Royal Warrant and subsequent amendments. As far as I can make out, in the case of posthumous awards a sum equivalent to one year's annuity (fifty pounds at the time of the amendment) was to be awarded to the estate of the deceased. Presumably that would now be £10,000, but a one-off payment, not for the lifetime of the next of kin