Lewis Hamilton is so young; he's in the midst of his career.
Hamilton broke Schumacher's record but he does not pay taxes in the UK. Many people never warmed to him because he once said he grew up in a slum (Stevenage) and has a broader focus than the UK, he considers himself a cosmopolitan.
I remember that David Beckham was taken off the list many years ago because although he may pay taxes in the UK, he had a lot of money hidden in tax schemes offshore.
When a recipient of an honour passes away , are the family required to return it to the crown or does it remain with the family.
I am thinking particularly of the RVO or the Royal Family Order.
I was reading a really interesting post in an other thread re Princess Alice and she was pictured wearing a family honour, and it struck me that although close to the throne at that time her descendants would be quite removed so made me wonder if these honours are returned on death.
Well without getting too political I suspect this has more to do with British involvement in the invasion of Iraq. It was & remains deeply divisive & controversial.
And the Cash-for-Honours scandal of the mid 2000's.
It's probably a few things, but none of Blair's prime ministerial successors have been honoured, either, for various good reasons. Right?
Perhaps Mr Tony started a tradition?
He took the yacht. I think that is what the family will not forgive.
It's probably a few things, but none of Blair's prime ministerial successors have been honoured, either, for various good reasons. Right?
Perhaps Mr Tony started a tradition?
I don't think so. Gordon Brown received Honours from Universities and Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Well, apart from Theresa May's husband, Philip May who was knighted for political service in Boris Johnson's belated (2019) Dissolution Honours in July 2020. He becomes Sir Philip May. Theresa May is entitled to use Lady May, but I think she is still addressed as Theresa May in parliament and public media.
Former PM now Lady May after husband is knighted
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-pm-now-lady-may-after-husband-is-knighted-6bnxskmd3
Nick Clegg, who was David Cameron's deputy PM, was knighted.
With Tony Blair, there was a lot of controversy over the Iraq war. And he gets on people's nerves by repeatedly sticking his oar in about everything, years after leaving office. There are a lot of stories that the Queen doesn't like Blair, because of everything that happened when Diana died, or because of Britannia, but it isn't the Queen who makes the decisions about honours.
It's arguably partly down to his own Labour party - the Opposition leader will recommend certain people for honours, and the Government will accept unless there's any real objection to them. Tony Blair's name has presumably not been mentioned.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-pm-now-lady-may-after-husband-is-knighted-6bnxskmd3After Margaret Thatcher resigned in 1990 John Major granted her husband, Denis, a baronetcy. His wife was thus styled Lady Thatcher, the title by which she was known until she received a life peerage in 1992 and became Baroness Thatcher.
Can they remove an honor from a person who does something really bad or embarrassing?
Can they remove an honor from a person who does something really bad or embarrassing?
Jockey Lester Piggott was stripped of his OBE when he was convicted for tax fraud and consequently jailed.Can they remove an honor from a person who does something really bad or embarrassing?