Gareth Southgate is set to receive a KNIGHTHOOD if England beat Italy and win Euro 2020… but the Three Lions boss will be awarded a CBE regardless of the result at Wembley By Matt Hughes For The Daily Mail Published: 22:30 BST, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 9 July 2021 Gareth Southgate is … Read more
It WILL be Sir Lewis Hamilton thanks to Boris Johnson… with Prime Minister behind plan to give the seven-time world champion F1 driver a knighthood Sportsmail revealed last week that Lewis Hamilton was in line for knighthood It is understood Boris Johnson personally intervened to secure the decision He would join the likes of Sir … Read more
Calls for ‘Sir Lewis’ stall on the starting grid as seven-time world champion Hamilton faces wait over knighthood with Government now reluctant to honour active sportsmen with Sir Andy Murray declining to use title There has been a clamour for Hamilton to be recognised after his seventh F1 title Motorsport UK chairman David Richards is … Read more
Boris Johnson is at the centre of a ‘cronyism’ row after his brother was named on a list of 36 new peers in the House of Lords, alongside ex-Tory chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond and England cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham. The Government published its list of proposed peerages and political honours this afternoon, confirming … Read more
The failure to award World Cup winner Jack Charlton a knighthood before his death was last night branded an ‘absolute disgrace’. Pressure is now building for the much-loved former Leeds United defender and Republic of Ireland manager to be honoured posthumously. His death on Friday, aged 85, following a year-long fight with cancer, means another hero … Read more