knighthood
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The Mail also highlights an article on what it describes as the "plot" to get David Beckham his "knighthood".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
An honour such as a knighthood can be removed on the advice of a body known as the Forfeiture Committee if the holder is deemed to have brought the honours system into disrepute.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
That changed last summer with a knighthood for Sir Billy Boston.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Phillips received a knighthood in 2022 for his service to equality and human rights for the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The faint tail of knighthood straggled in by twos and threes, then one at a time, then with intervals of days between the solitary riders.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It applies to the awards the government department oversees - which is the main New Year and Birthday honours, about 1,200 people each time, including knighthoods, damehoods, CBEs, OBEs, MBEs and BEMs.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
There had been accusations of unfairness about specific gaps, such as the lack of any knighthoods for rugby league, unlike rugby union and other sports where former stars had been knighted.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
A cross-party group of MPs had claimed the lack of knighthoods a "scandal" linked to snobbery and class prejudice.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
There is an independent honours committee that considers who should get awards such as knighthoods, rather than the royals.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025
Now they came forward dressed in shifts of undyed wool to receive their knighthoods from the Kingsguard.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
