Wednesday - March 04, 2009
Sir Edward of Tanqueray
Brits Give Teddy Kennedy Knighthood
Veteran U.S. senator Edward Kennedy is to be awarded an honorary knighthood in a move which drew immediate condemnation from Conservative MPs. The Queen has agreed to the honour for the 77-year-old Democrat - brother of assassinated U.S. president John F Kennedy - for services to the British-American relationship and to Northern Ireland, Downing Street said.
Gordon Brown will announce the award formally during his address to both houses of Congress today. But the decision to honour a man closely linked to the Irish Republican movement astonished Tory MPs.
One frontbencher said: ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate. He hardly had the British interests at heart.’
LONDON – He won’t be allowed to call himself Sir Ted, but U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy is being awarded an honorary knighthood from Britain.
The government said Wednesday the Massachusetts senator is being recognized for services to U.S.-U.K. relations and to Northern Ireland.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce the honor Wednesday when he addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington. Knighthoods are bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II but recipients are selected by the government or an advisory committee.
Kennedy, scion of an Irish-American political dynasty, is known in Britain for his involvement in the long process that led to Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday peace accord.
The 77-year-old brother of the late President John F. Kennedy has served in the Senate since 1962. He is being treated for a brain tumor.
Other Americans to receive honorary knighthoods include Microsoft chief Bill Gates, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Unlike British knights, they are not entitled to use the honorific “Sir” or “Dame” before their names.
I simply do not understand the English any more. Not one of these people deserves such an honor, not even Rudy. I gather knighthoods, like OBEs, are just tossed about like candy these days. They mean nothing. And that’s a damn shame ... my subconscious assumption has always been that England would always and forever be the keeper of Proper Traditions and Honors. Such is not the case any more. And that’s sad.
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