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Arise, Sir Beefy! Botham formally made a knight
English cricketing legend Ian Botham was formally made a knight of
the realm by Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday, in a ceremony at her official
Buckingham Palace residence in central London.
Botham, whose career has combined a rare talent on the cricket field
with a flamboyant lifestyle off it, was rewarded for his services to
sport and to charity in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in June.
“The monarchy stands for everything that makes me proud to be
English. I’m a massive royalist,” Botham said earlier this week,
describing receiving the knighthood as “the greatest day of my life.”
“I listen to all these republicans... If it was down to me I’d hang
‘em! I honestly would. It’s a traitor’s game for me,” he told the
Guardian newspaper.
The 51-year-old, who chatted briefly with the monarch after she
bestowed the medal on him, admitted that his family and friends have
already had fun with his new title of “Sir.”
“They’re coming up with all kinds of names for me now and Sirloin of
Beef was the first good one. I don’t mind,” he said.
LONDON, Wednesday, AFP |