Sir Simon Hughes knighted by the Queen

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Sir Simon Hughes knighted by the Queen

By The Voice | Wed 11th November 2015 - 11:55 am

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Sir Simon Hughes’ knighthood is official! Yesterday he went to Buckingham Palace to receive his insignia from the Queen.

Congratulations to Rt Hon Sir Simon Hughes on his investiture today pic.twitter.com/YkHF6NHR2F

— Southwark Lib-Dems (@swklibdems) November 10, 2015

The British Monarchy website describes the process:

In a ceremony of knighting, the knight-elect kneels on a knighting-stool in front of The Queen, who then lays the sword blade on the knight’s right and then left shoulder.

After he has been dubbed, the new knight stands up, and The Queen invests the knight with the insignia of the Order to which he has been appointed, or the Badge of a Knight Bachelor.

Contrary to popular belief, the words ‘Arise, Sir…’ are not used.

Simon had some interesting company at the Palace. Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch received his CBE.

We don’t know whether the two met but we are sure that Benedict wouldn’t have felt the need to repeat his “F**k the politicians” comments if they did. While we might not agree with those sentiments, we certainly approve of the fact that he took time at the end of a performance to highlight the plight of refugees and the paucity of the Government’s response.

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3 Comments

Ian MacFadyen 12th Nov '15 - 12:30am

Congratulations, Simon.
Denis Loretto 12th Nov '15 - 6:29pm

As a member of his constituency party I know that if anyone deserves such an honour this man does.
Richard Underhill 12th Nov '15 - 7:12pm

The MP whom civil servants feared most.

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