Lester Piggot, the champion jockey, was stripped of his OBE in 1988 after his conviction for tax fraud. Others include Kim Philby, who was stripped of his OBE in 1965 after his conviction for being a double agent, and Anthony Blunt, the art historian who was revealed to be the "fourth man" of the Cambridge five, a group of spies working for the Soviet Union. The boxer had his MBE taken away in 2006 because of a conviction for dangerous driving. MPs say an honorary knighthood would underlined UKs support for Ukraine Zelensky has refused to leave Kyiv and is ralling the resistance against Putin By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For. The last person to be stripped of an honour was Naseem Hamed. by the awarding of knighthoods and of membership within Orders of chivalry.
Henrik Otto Jensen was knighted in honour of his commercial ventures. Removing a knighthood will not bring food or help to people in desperate need, but will fuel Mugabe's game, and we should not be party to that." Sometimes, on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, honorary. The award is given to people in foreign countries who make a special contribution to Italy. the court of ward or liveries, and all wardships, liveries, Military KNIGHTHOOD, is that of the. "But Robert Mugabe's game is to present the election as a fight between him and Britain when in fact it is a battle for different visions of different Zimbabwean politicians. which enacts, that lar, honorary, and social. "I have to say that my first reaction in the Foreign Office was that the knighthood should be removed," Miliband said at the time. When the issue cropped up earlier this month, the foreign secretary, David Miliband, said such a step would play into Mugabe's hands. OctoPosted: 11:03 AM EDT (1503 GMT) Giuliani joins a select group of Americans, including Ronald Reagan and Bob Hope, who hold honorary knighthoods.
In the world of entertainment and the arts, Bob Hope became a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1998, while more recently Getty Images co-founder Mark Getty was similarly honoured in 2015.
The withdrawal of Mugabe's knighthood represents a minor volte face for the Foreign Office. Americans who have been awarded an honorary knighthood or damehood. have since been nominated and the present number of Honorary Knights Grand Cross is eleven, one of which has the Decoration of the Civil Class.