OT - Make it so!

LEE
on 6/2/10 6:27 am
He is so regal,  he can wear knighthood well.
Salty Pickle a.k.a.  Lee
(deactivated member)
on 6/2/10 6:44 am, edited 6/2/10 6:45 am - Fair Play, CA
Thanks...I found this very interesting...( I like Sir Stewart) and was curious if there have been any ninja knights. At first when I googled...."Black British Knight" all it gave me was

BUT I found this page....hummmmmm....NEAT....I did not know that Sidney Poitier was a Knight.




Knight of the British Empire

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Male analogue of Dame of the British Empire.

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