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Sir Ted
By adamg on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 11:40am
NECN posts British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's speech announcing Ted Kennedy is now an honorary knight:
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The US Constitution has something to say about that
Article I, Section 9:
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
My guess
I'm guessing that since both houses of Congress were present without uproar that they gave their consent.
By the way, the article title here reminds me of this:
Bill: How's it going royal ugly dudes? I am the Earl of Preston.
Ted: And I am the Duke of Ted.
King: Put them in the Iron Maiden.
Bill and Ted: Iron Maiden? Excellent!
King: Execute them!
Bill and Ted: Bogus!
It's honorary
So he's not suddenly a member of the House of Lords and he didn't suddenly become a Knight of the Garter or Roundtable or whatever they call it these days and he doesn't have to bow to the queen.
Exactly - being knighted
Exactly - being knighted does not grant one a seat in the House of Lords...or else, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Helen Mirren, and Judi Dench would be lawmakers.
Which would make England
Which would make England just like California
and just like the party of
and just like the party of Reagan...
...and Thompson, Bunning, Kemp, Largent, Schwarzenegger, Bono... even Shirley Temple ran for congress with the GOP
Order of the Boxer
Also known as Royal Chap of Quiddick
The Royal Scarab
No wonder he walks stooped over
That's been hanging around his neck for how many years now?
Man that's some crazy shit
Yes I read about that in the nine 400 page Harry Potter books I read my kids. The chap of Quidditch, a leather garment worn on the inner thigh by chasers riding Nimbus or Oakshaft magical flying broomsticks. Man that's some crazy shit.
Thanks for the civics lesson, but...
Despite Brown referring to Kennedy as "Sir Edward Kennedy", the reality is that he's not becoming "Sir Edward Kennedy" as he's neither a citizen of a Commonwealth country nor a British subject. He doesn't get the title of nobility, he gets none of the rank or privileges of being named a knight. He'd have to become a British subject for that, and even then he'd have to make a request to the Crown that his honorary knighthood be converted to an actual knighthood-- more evidence that this isn't a real title. It's the same as being named an honorary member of a police department or a fire department-- it's a nice thing to put in a biography, but nobody is going to let you sit on the truck and try to put out a fire.
Also, it's clear that nobody involved in this decision considered for a moment the field day that Howie Carr is going to have with this.
Sir Ted
The Kopechne family must be proud
Camel lot
Once a knight is not enough.
It's NOT "Sir Ted"
He shouldn't be addressed as "Sir" at all. The title of Sir is reserved for those receiving knighthood who are nationals of countries where Queen Elizabeth II is monarch of the realm.
It's Ted Kennedy KBE
Uh, er...
Sir Drinksalot.
howzabout
Sir Ossis of the Liver? hiyoooooo