How does one get knighted?
04-16-2001, 04:15 PM
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I see Anthony Hopkins become some sort of knighthood, I know quite a few of our famous WWII generals were also knighted, I was wondering how a normal person can be knighted?
04-16-2001, 04:44 PM
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Originally posted by AusS2000
Just get recognised by the Queen for services to the Empire. Oh, and be British.
Sir Elton John and Sir Bob Geldof are both knights also.
Just get recognised by the Queen for services to the Empire. Oh, and be British.
Sir Elton John and Sir Bob Geldof are both knights also.
04-16-2001, 04:49 PM
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Yeah? but General Eisenhower and some others weren't HMS' subjects...
Originally posted by AusS2000
Just get recognised by the Queen for services to the Empire. Oh, and be British.
Sir Elton John and Sir Bob Geldof are both knights also.
Just get recognised by the Queen for services to the Empire. Oh, and be British.
Sir Elton John and Sir Bob Geldof are both knights also.
04-16-2001, 07:12 PM
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The way I hear it, to be a knight you have to be a British subject. But there are other Orders that you can have ascribed to you such as the 'Order of the Garter'. These are similar, but not a Knighthood, and I don't believe you can use the prefix 'Sir' in any official capacity.
