Posted on 01/05/2023 9:10:12 PM PST by DoodleBob
In news that won’t disappoint fans of British royalty, Queen guitarist Brian May has been knighted in the New Year Honours by King Charles III. In an article from The Guardian, May is quoted as saying, “I regard it as a kind of charge, like a kind of commission to do the things that one would expect a knight to do: to fight for justice, to fight for people who don’t have any voice.”
He goes on to allude to his charity work as a campaigner for animal rights: “And, in my case, for all creatures who don’t have a voice, and I regard it as a kind of endorsement of what I do.”
The Queen guitarist and songwriter also has a doctorate in astrophysics, which he completed at Imperial College, London, in 2007. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to the arts and charity. May signed off on Instagram as “Sir Bri”, but clarified that his official title is “Dr Sir Brian Harold May, CBE”.
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Good for him.
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Ummmm News?
Dead queens corgis crap in the yard... Hip Hip Hooray? Nonsensical thread.
(PS my brother is on his deathbed so I am mean as a snake. prayers for the grouchy old f’ers appreciated)
Charles has his priorities in order, I see.
long live the queen!! err wait....
Wow harsh crowd tonight. He’s a good man and from what little I’ve read spent his money trying to do good.
Queen’s Brian May takes readers on a 3-D tour of hell
https://nypost.com/2013/10/23/queens-brian-may-takes-readers-on-a-3-d-tour-of-hell/
May just released the tome “Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell.” It shows nearly 200 Victorian 3-D images depicting macabre scenes of skeletons, Satan and satirical snapshots of life in eternal damnation.
Prayers for your brother and all those who love and care for him.
Queen never did it for me. Most Rock music didn’t. The “Rock” I enjoyed was mostly instrumental.
Doctorate in Astrophysics is impressive as is his gui6playing.. knighthood not so much.
David Bowie had the sense and the courage to turn it down.
Pete Townshend dedicated "My Generation" to the Queen after she had his Packard hearse towed from in front of his apartment building because it reminded her of her late husband's funeral.
Well, that the life of Brian....................
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No big deal, kinda like the Presidential medal of Freedom, good for them.
Agree on both points. Comments above are an example of why Republicans can't choose a leader, or even understand which way is up in a world where Western Civ is surrounded by enemies.
It’s sad. I used to enjoy the conversations on many a varied topic here. For a long time now it’s just been attacks and cheap shots just because someone might have a different opinion. Seems like a lot of people are doing what we accuse the left of doing. Don’t agree? Shout them down.
Take care my FRiend.
We have the Presidential medals of Honor and of Freedom, etc. Orders of knighthood recognize contributions to the nation. Certainly his rock group has generated a lot of tax dollars and has created jobs, and will go on generating royalites for some time to come. Knighthoods and damehoods are also given to scientific, medical, religious, business and charitable figures.
That was done in 1965 by "The Queen Mother, not by the late Queen Elizabeth II.
She was called "Queen" when QE2's father was King, but only until he died in 1952. Her daughter then became blood Queen, and her mother's title then became "The Queen Mother", a dozen years before The Who started.
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