Sen. Kennedy Honored by Great Britan as He Returns to Washington

There was a lot of love and admiration being spread this week, for Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. "Kennedy, 77, suffered a seizure in May at his home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Shortly afterward, doctors...

Pratchett 'Flabbergasted' by knighthood

Terry Pratchett has made his first public response to the news that he has been awarded a Knighthood in the Queen's New Year's Honours List. Pratchett has sold over 55 million books and is a campaigner for more...

Hoy knighted in New Year honours

" Britain's Olympic heroes have been recognised in the New Year Honours list, with cyclist Chris Hoy knighted. Team-mate Bradley Wiggins and sailing star Ben Ainslie become CBEs, swimmer Rebecca Adlington receives an OBE and boxer James DeGale is made an MBE. Team GB...

New Year Honours List

The New Years Honours list is out with lots of new Sirs, Ladies, OBEs, MBEs, CBEs and the rest being handed out. Sports stars feature heavily with cyclist Chris Hoy getting a knighthood and Lewis Hamilton being...

A new "Knight"

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has responded to criticisms about the award of an honorific title to him by a Malaysian state.While comparing the award of "Datuk" to that of knighthood, he went to great lengths to explain why he missed out completely on the award ceremony...

Penguin receives knighthood, inspects the troops

I could think of a few generals he could replace. " Believe it or not, the Norwegian King's Guard has a penguin for a mascot and honorary colonel-in-chief. Fittingly, it's a king penguin. He resides at the...

Penguin receives Norwegian knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo

A very celebrated penguin at the Edinburgh Zoo, Nils Olav, received the highest hounour for a penguin today.He was knighted.He already has medals for good conduct and long service, after he was made honorary...

Queen un-knights Mugabe

Earlier today Britain ratcheted up the pressure on Mugabe by cutting ties to Zimbabwe's cricket team. But it didn't stop there. In a decision approved by the Queen, the British Foreign Office chose to take away...

Honours to reward 'unsung heroes'

"Reforms to the honours system will make it easier to reward volunteers and "unsung heroes", Gordon Brown has said. The Prime Minister, who has written a book,  Britain's Everyday Heroes: The Making of the...

Peter Cook receives a knighthood

Peter Cook has received a knighthood for services to architecture in the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced on Saturday.The Archigram member, academic and designer of the 2012 Olympic Stadium said the award “offers a symbol of hope to the young”.“It gives hope to all...

Bono gets knighthood, but don't call him Sir

Bono has accepted an honorary knighthood in Dublin from British Ambassador David Reddaway. The U2 singer's new title is Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Although you won't be...

Rock Music Legend Rejects Royal Honour

"Rock legend Paul Weller has become the latest in a growing number of celebrities to say 'thanks, but no thanks' to an honour bestowed by the Queen."

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