Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Hypestyles t1_j2cqy4p wrote

Prince Rogers Nelson should have been given a knight status many years ago.

−2

rattatatouille t1_j2d846x wrote

He's not from the UK, how would you do that?

1

StephenHunterUK OP t1_j2dcls0 wrote

You just make it honorary for a non-citizen. Like Angelina Jolie DCMG or Bill Gates KBE. They can't call themselves Dame or Sir, though.

In any event, the bigger problem with Prince is he's dead. Most honours - with the exception of gallantry ones like the George Cross - can't be awarded posthumously.

They also can't be revoked posthumously, being deemed to have died with the holder, which is why Jimmy Saville's knighthood couldn't be rescinded.

4