FLASHBACK: Bloomberg Bestowed Title by Queen as Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Michael Bloomberg Is a Knight Now

By Joe Coscarelli
Intelligencer

The Queen and her pal in 2010. Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

The former mayor and forever billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who has an apartment in London, was bestowed the title Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his “prodigious entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavours, and the many ways in which they have benefited the United Kingdom and the UKUS special relationship,” the Brits announced today. But don’t call him “Sir.”

From the Times:

Because Mr. Bloomberg is not a British citizen, he cannot be referred to as “Sir” in the common parlance of knighthood. But he “may forthwith put ‘K.B.E.’ after his name if he wishes,” the announcement said, signifying his status as a knight of the British Empire.

Even Bloomberg money, it turns out, can’t buy you into the Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen clique.

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