[Gllug] Queen to knight Bill Gates (according to rumour in the torygraph)

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Sun Jan 25 10:31:20 UTC 2004


On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 10:30:23AM +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> At 10:08 25/01/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> >I've really seen it all now.  It's only speculation.  Hopefully it'll
> >stay that way.
> 
> I didn't think non-nationals were eligible for a knighthood.

Yes ... they're just not allowed to call themselves "Sir".  Ronald
Reagan was knighted some years ago, which caused a lot of controversy.

Rich.

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