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JK Rowling giving Legion of Honour

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by mudricky | February 4, 2009 at 11:37 am

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British story writter JK Rowling has been giving France's greatest civilian award, the knight of the Legion of Honour.

In Paris she was giving the honorary title by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Fluent speaking Rowling thanked the French and said sorry for giving the bad guy in her Harry Poter books a French name, Voldemort.

HARRY Potter author JK Rowling has been inducted into France's prestigious Legion of Honour.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave the Edinburgh writer the honorary title of "knight" in the legion during a ceremony in a gilded hall in the Elysée presidential palace yesterday.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix became the first novel written in English ever to top the French best-sellers' list.

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