knighthood
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Also a knighthood and a castle and certainly social status that ensures he won’t be treated like scum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Mail also highlights an article on what it describes as the "plot" to get David Beckham his "knighthood".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He was later made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007 and accepted a knighthood in 2022 after changes to New Zealand's honours system allowed recipients to adopt titular honours.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Neill accepted a knighthood from New Zealand in 2022, after previously having rejected one when titular honours were reintroduced by the New Zealand government in 2009.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He only read books about knighthood; that was the problem.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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
Famously, his contemporaries at Barnsley Cricket Club were Sir Michael Parkinson and Sir Geoffrey Boycott, long before fame and knighthoods came their way.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
In the past 22 years, the other England openers to score hundreds in the fourth innings of a Test have ended up with knighthoods.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Darts players Luke Littler and Luke Humphries have become MBEs in the King's Birthday Honours, while Virginia Wade is made a CBE and knighthoods are confirmed for David Beckham and Billy Boston.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
He will help you place the other boys with noble lords, where they can serve as pages and squires and win their knighthoods.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
