Dear Queen Elizabeth:
Once again, I note with regret, that you have overlooked Rick Rescorla when bestowing knighthood. As I know you know, Rick Rescorla was a famous soldier from Cornwall who distinguished himself as a warrior for many decades. It is his picture that appears on the cover of the now classic book We Were Soldiers Once And Young. He is also the man credited with saving 2700 lives during the World Trade Center attack on 9/11 and losing his own life in the process. His life was the epitome of knightly virtue he lived by the knightly code he slew dragons and he saved damsels in distress. It is now 17 years after he died his noble death, and you have not seen fit to honor him with a knighthood. Instead, you bestow this great honor on entertainers, and athletes, and others. I do not understand how Elton John can be a knight while Rick Rescorla is ignored. This oversight cheapens the honor of knighthood. I guess you have overlooked him because he does not dress in pink feathers and play the piano for you.
Wonderful idea, Lex, knighting Rick Rescorla ...the hero’s hero. May he rest in peace!
Didn’t Rescorla become a US citizen, and if so, perhaps could not be knighted?
Just a thought..
Indeed.
Thank you for that post. Modern British knighthood is a farce and another sign of fallen empire and a nation.