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January 30, 2004
Once a knight?
Bill Gates as a Knight. At the recommendation of Gordon Brown Chief Robber Baron and Chancellor of the Exchequer with ambitions for the house next door no less! And a KBE to boot. That's the Honorific abbreviation he can put after his names and it represents "Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". My thanks for this snippet to Gday Mate and to The Register for more details, but it certainly shows just how far this shower of ignorant and arrogant politicos have gone to debase the entire honours system.
At least Mr Gates cannot style himself "Sir". Let's be thankful for small mercies!
Posted by The Gray Monk at January 30, 2004 11:58 AM
Comments
The real disappointment is that the Queen doesn't get a chance to lop his head off. Being an alien he gets his via mail rather than in person....
What I want to see is the shrinkwrap licence that accompanies it - the one that says "you give HM access to your fortune in times of need" or some such.
Posted by: Ozguru at January 31, 2004 11:11 AM
Ah, but a Knights fee has probably suffered from inflation as well. He could be liable for an entire armoured battalion now ...
Posted by: The Gray Monk at February 1, 2004 05:54 PM
I wondered if you were going to cover this. It's nice to know that knighthood can be bought.
Posted by: Matthew at February 2, 2004 06:40 PM
Oh yes, but they're definitely on the expensive end!
Posted by: The Gray Monk at February 2, 2004 11:58 PM