knighthood

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Flaunting their knighthood as a mark of status but discarding it the moment it requires true honor, they treat their vows only as an invented tradition, a set of rituals to legitimize their own power.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were given a damehood and knighthood respectively.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

Beckham was awarded a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours in June, alongside actor Gary Oldman and musician Roger Daltrey.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

Andrew will also lose his Order of the Garter, the most senior knighthood in the British realm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

And now he could not climb, nor walk nor run nor swordfight, and the dreams he'd dreamed of knighthood had soured in his head.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin